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 > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
