hi,
last night i got my cable broadband set up (from blueyonder - seems quite fast so far). anyway, i tried to sed up my wireless network with it using my airport extreme. having tested the connection while wired up - it all works fine, so i plugged the modem into the AEBS changed the settings to what they should be (or so i think) and then nothing happens. what i think are the right settings are telling the AEBS that it will connect to the internet via the ethernet and it will configure itself with DCHP (just like it says you should tell your computer to do when connected to the modem directly). I even tried the PPP over ethernet setting in the AEBS with my used name etc (which i shouldn't need to use) and still no luck! as far as i understand you can have more than one MAC address on this connection (as i have read that some only allow one and i have also tried different compters all which work individually).
i have also tried connecting a plain old 3com wired router between the modem and the AEBS with still no luck. im at a loss and its rather annoying to have to sit wired up to read the internet when not used to it! please help!
any ideas? i have read on the internet about restarting the modem once connected to everthing else and that didnt work also!
if it helps i have a seperate modem (not the set top box) and its a scientific atlanta webstar 100.
oh and if i dont reply till tomorrow night, im not being rude, im just away on a course but thanks for your help till then (hint hint
)
last night i got my cable broadband set up (from blueyonder - seems quite fast so far). anyway, i tried to sed up my wireless network with it using my airport extreme. having tested the connection while wired up - it all works fine, so i plugged the modem into the AEBS changed the settings to what they should be (or so i think) and then nothing happens. what i think are the right settings are telling the AEBS that it will connect to the internet via the ethernet and it will configure itself with DCHP (just like it says you should tell your computer to do when connected to the modem directly). I even tried the PPP over ethernet setting in the AEBS with my used name etc (which i shouldn't need to use) and still no luck! as far as i understand you can have more than one MAC address on this connection (as i have read that some only allow one and i have also tried different compters all which work individually).
i have also tried connecting a plain old 3com wired router between the modem and the AEBS with still no luck. im at a loss and its rather annoying to have to sit wired up to read the internet when not used to it! please help!
any ideas? i have read on the internet about restarting the modem once connected to everthing else and that didnt work also!
if it helps i have a seperate modem (not the set top box) and its a scientific atlanta webstar 100.
oh and if i dont reply till tomorrow night, im not being rude, im just away on a course but thanks for your help till then (hint hint
)