How are you configuring the base station? It sounds like you have it set
up to act as a router/server. Change it to just be a bridge/dhcpserver.
Then the settings will be taken from the modem.
Jerry
On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 01:45 PM, Ward Oldham wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> I have a customer running OS 9.2.2 with a wireless connection to his
> Airport base station. ?Both base station and dsl modem connect thru a
> standard hub. ?With the base station configured via ethernet, things
> work as expected as long as the customer initiates his connection first
> by using MacPoet.
>
> We?ve made attempts at configuring his base station via PPPoE in an
> effort to eliminate MacPoet being used but no luck. ?In fact, we?ve
> observed that the manual TCP/IP settings in the base station change
> from their correct settings after attempting to connect via IE without
> using MacPoet first. ?Bummer! ?I haven?t tried changing the static
> info. to DHCP because Verizon configured his Mac when it was directly
> connected to his dsl modem with a static IP address.
>
> We have the same problem booting into OS X. ?Our network system
> preference will allow us to connect via airport and again we try to
> configure PPPoE on the base station with the same results. ?Our problem
> is worse because I haven?t tracked down an OS X version of something
> equivalent to MacPoet as a workaround.
>
> The root of the problem is attaining the correct PPPoE configuration
> within the AirPort base station to work with Verizon. ?We have
> installed the Airport version 2.0.4 software under OS 9 (2.0.5 under OS
> X).
>
> Anyone know of a solution? ?This should be a no-brainer and so far,
> that?s exactly how I feel-No Brain!
>
> Ward Oldham
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