Not that this has anything to do with your problem but, what Airport hardware and software are you running? Did you call Apple?
on 2/5/02 3:22 PM, Mathieu Mauser at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there > > Last week I set an Airport Base Station for my dad, but it didn't work > out as well as I'd hoped... hmmm... > > He has a cable modem and I was hoping to set up the network to have a > private LAN in 10.0.1.1 range for the airport-card computers (an iMac > and an iBook) and a wired network with a PC and a Mac also. > > In my own home I have a cable modem and a router and it all works very > well. I know the principal is the same but the airport base station is > a little different. > > Using my own setup, plugging one other machine into the router allows > me to configure my router through it's webserver and put in the client > ID and voila, all done! > > but with the base station, you need to connect via airport and > configure it with the admin utility (which I did) but the confusing > part for me is when I set the airport base station to use DHCP to > connect to the cable modem and set up the private lan using airport > for the rest of the machine... the iMac then losing the connection to > the base station... it's all so weird. > > I read the manuals, "designing airport networks" and I gonna read > again and again to see what I'm missing.... > > my set up at home: > > cable modem --> router --> private LAN > > all set up with wires (cat-5) and ethernet ports > > my dad's set up: > > cable mode --> airport base station -->airport --> iMac/ibook > -->ethernet port --> pc/mac > > but the configuring thru airport part works but then it doesn't > > and the strangest thing about the whole procedure > > in the manual it says if you are using a cable modem with DHCP do not > turn on DHCP in the airport base station, but the only way i could get > the airport equipped macs onto the outside world was to configure them > using dhcp, which to me means stealing extra dynamic IPs from the > modem and not using a private LAN... > > any ideas? -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
