Hi Jerry,

I've only configured Airport base stations to function as routers so I'm not
sure why you're telling me I need another conventional router.  It is
graphite, by the way.

Again, everything works as it should until I try and integrate the PPPoE
functions into the base station.  It does have that provision.

Ward Oldham


On 10/14/02 5:53 PM, "Jerry Yeager" <jerry at browseryshop.com> wrote:

> Uhh Ward, I wrote that backwards. But let me ask you this: is it a
> Graphite Base Station or a Snow Base Station?
> 
> If it is the Graphite, you will need to get a router so that the
> equipment is like this (Since this is text, I hope the things line up!)
> 
> modem --- router -- switch --- wired computers, and rest of the network
>                                       |---- Airport based computers
> 
> If it is the Snow Base Station, then you can pull it off without buying
> the router, by using one ethernet connection to go to the modem and the
> other to go to the switch (use the base station as a router/dhcp server):
> 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 05:27 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote:
> 
>> 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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