Joe The Airport requires proper configuration, it's not just about where the cables are plugged in. You have the cables plugged in correctly.
Using the Airport Admin Utility configure the Airport base station. On the Internet tab set "Configure" to "Using DHCP" and make sure "Connect Using" is set to Ethernet. If you don't see an IP address once you've updated the base station then configure manually with an IP address in the same subnet as the ADSL modem and set the "Router address" to that of the ADSL modem. On the "Network" tab, check "Distribute IP addresses" and then "Share a single IP address". Make sure that both of your Macs are set to use DHCP in network settings. Another thing to check is that the IP address the base station gets on the WAN port is in a different subnet to that of the Network port (LAN). Regards Greg > From: Joe Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 20:15:06 +0800 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: Airport > > Hi all > > The story continues > > Things worked before. Back then when I wanted to connect my G4 Power > Mac to the net I simply plugged in the ethernet cable from the ADSL > modem to the computer. When my son wanted to connect to the net via his > iBook we took the ethernet cable out of my G4 Power Mac and connected > it to the Airport Extreme base station via the Ethernet LAN port. > > Now the kind people who responded to my question suggested that if we > both wish to use the net, at the same time, then the ethernet cable > should go from the ADSL modem to the base station's Ethernet WAN port. > Then my son's iBook should be connected. Then for me to connect I > should get a second Ethernet cable and connect my G4 Power Mac to the > base station's Ethernet LAN port. > > Well it don't work. So we are doing something wrong. Why is it that my > son's airport enabled iBook works fine when the Ethernet cable is > plugged into the LAN port but is dead as a dodo it is plugged into the > WAN port? Fiddled around with Setup Assist and Admin Utility, but > nothing happens. It just ends up saying it can not fix the problem and > I should contact my provider. So we are back to using our original > swapping cable arrangements. Had to run Setup again to change back to > the LAN port, but things working fine. > > What are we doing wrong? Why does the WAN port arrangement not work? > Obviously missing something, but not sure what it is. > > Regards Joe > > > -- 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]> >
