Hi Greg et al., Thanx for the help to all. Yep, my toy thought it was still connected to the Ethernet network at work!
As soon as I changed it to a LAN and configured the internal Airport modem (which was there - thanks Steve) it worked like a charm! :) Cheers, Kevin from Wycheproof. -----Original Message----- From: "Greg Pennefather"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WAMUG Mailing List"<wamug@wamug.org.au> Date: Tue Jul 19 19:52:39 PDT 2005 Subject: Re: Dial-Up Using Airport? >Kevin > >The first thing that jumps out at me is that the Airport thinks it is >connected to the Internet via Ethernet. So it is unlikely it will try to >establish another connection to the Internet if it thinks it's already >connected! > >So, I'm wondering if you have the WAN port plugged into a switch or hub - >that would make the Airport think it is connected to the Internet. Make >sure your local network is connected to the LAN port, not the WAN port. > >Then, in the Internet tab of the Airport Config Utility, select Modem from >the "Connect Using" menu. Enter your ISP details and away you go. > >Hope this helps > > >Cheers > >Greg > > >> From: Kevin Phyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:34:39 -0700 (PDT) >> To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Subject: Dial-Up Using Airport? >> >> Hi every1, >> >> This is probably old-hat but I'm a bit stuck trying to connect wirelessly >> using a new (i.e. unconfigured) Airport Extreme to my dial-up ISP. >> >> The Airport Extreme has a phone port to which I connected the phone line. >> >> My iBook (G3 - 600 MHz - system 10.3.8) detects a strong signal from the >> Airport when switched on but insists on telling me I am connected via >> Ethernet >> which I clearly am not. >> >> I cannot figure out how to configure the Airport so that it will dial-up my >> ISP. The software that came with the Airport is a bit old (it keeps asking me >> to download an update, which I am doing at the moment) but am I just missing >> something very basic here? >> >> I just want to be able to log onto the internet from my office without using >> the current 50m of phone cable. >> >> I have tried Airport Setup Assistant and Airport Admin Utility without >> success >> - it tells me that it cannot detect anything connected to the Airport - and >> since I haven't been able to dial-up yet it's probably right! :) >> >> Cheers, >> >> Kevin from wycheproof. >> >> P.S. I assume the Airport Extreme contains a modem? Is the problem getting my >> settings from the iBook's internal modem to the Airport's inbuilt modem? >> >> ___________________________________________________ >> Check-out GO.com >> GO get your free GO E-Mail account with expanded storage of 6 MB! >> http://mail.go.com >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >> > > > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro ___________________________________________________ Check-out GO.com GO get your free GO E-Mail account with expanded storage of 6 MB! http://mail.go.com
