kate1235813
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Hi,
For 2 years I have successfully connected to the Internet wirelessly with an Airport Express. Today I can't. I tried to connect with my Ethernet cable and initially could not. I called sbc and the technical service rep had me add 2 DNS servers explicitly and had me add 'ameritech.net' to the search domain field.
That worked and now I can connect to the Internet with an Ethernet cable but I still can't connect wirelessly (and sbc doesn't help with wireless...). 'negotiating PPPoE' runs incessantly next to the airport icon when I try.
I put those 2 DNS servers into my Airport base station configuration along with ameritech.net. I've turned off the base station, restarted my computer, unplugged the modem multiple times now. I've tried a number of different setting on the base station but without luck. I did find this question and this response on your site which I believe is the same problem as mine. If you could provide me a few more details though I think that would help me.
****Question:
May 23 2005, 5:06pm
Hi,
just got a new iMac G5 (Tiger) and an Airport Express.
My ISP is SBC (formerly pacbell.net).
If I Ethernet the computer to the DSL modem: no problem. The problems are when I connect through Airport.
I can connect to the Internet just fine with my old Airport base station (original white, not Extreme) but can't with new Airport Express.
But even with the old Airport there are some problems.
I can only get on the Internet when the Network control panel is set to PPPOE, but then the Airpot utility can't see the base station; it can only see the base station when the Network control panel is set to DHCP, and then I get disconnected from the Internet. The base station is set to PPPOE.
With the Airport Express, I can't get on the Internet either way: it says either it can't find the PPOE server or that it is "negotiating". Again, the Airport utility can only see the Express when the Nextwork panel is set to DHCP.
Any ideas?
****macosx.com answer
May 24 2005, 12:12am
Hi Geno. Thanks for choosing MacOSX.com for your technical support.
Are you using a Efficient Speedstream modem with your SBC DSL? If you are, connect to the modem with Ethernet again, and then use DHCP to get on the modem's Private LAN. Log into the modem with the IP 192.168.0.1, and set it to do your PPPoE connection. You can then have your base station pull an IP from the modem with DHCP, and then share the connection that way.
If you want to continue to try to set it up with the base station doing the PPPoE, then log into the modem as decribed before, and disconnect the current connection with SBC, and try to authenticate again with the base station.
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I am using an Efficient Speedstream modem. But I don't understand the rest of the response. I am connected to the modem with the Ethernet, but how do I use DHCP to get on the modem's Private LAN? Is that in Systems Preferences, Network?
And where do I log into the modem with the IP 192.168.0.1?
Do I need to change the settings on my base station with the Airport Admin Utility? Or do I need to setup my base station as a 'bridge' to do this?
Thanks for any help!
Kate
For 2 years I have successfully connected to the Internet wirelessly with an Airport Express. Today I can't. I tried to connect with my Ethernet cable and initially could not. I called sbc and the technical service rep had me add 2 DNS servers explicitly and had me add 'ameritech.net' to the search domain field.
That worked and now I can connect to the Internet with an Ethernet cable but I still can't connect wirelessly (and sbc doesn't help with wireless...). 'negotiating PPPoE' runs incessantly next to the airport icon when I try.
I put those 2 DNS servers into my Airport base station configuration along with ameritech.net. I've turned off the base station, restarted my computer, unplugged the modem multiple times now. I've tried a number of different setting on the base station but without luck. I did find this question and this response on your site which I believe is the same problem as mine. If you could provide me a few more details though I think that would help me.
****Question:
May 23 2005, 5:06pm
Hi,
just got a new iMac G5 (Tiger) and an Airport Express.
My ISP is SBC (formerly pacbell.net).
If I Ethernet the computer to the DSL modem: no problem. The problems are when I connect through Airport.
I can connect to the Internet just fine with my old Airport base station (original white, not Extreme) but can't with new Airport Express.
But even with the old Airport there are some problems.
I can only get on the Internet when the Network control panel is set to PPPOE, but then the Airpot utility can't see the base station; it can only see the base station when the Network control panel is set to DHCP, and then I get disconnected from the Internet. The base station is set to PPPOE.
With the Airport Express, I can't get on the Internet either way: it says either it can't find the PPOE server or that it is "negotiating". Again, the Airport utility can only see the Express when the Nextwork panel is set to DHCP.
Any ideas?
****macosx.com answer
May 24 2005, 12:12am
Hi Geno. Thanks for choosing MacOSX.com for your technical support.
Are you using a Efficient Speedstream modem with your SBC DSL? If you are, connect to the modem with Ethernet again, and then use DHCP to get on the modem's Private LAN. Log into the modem with the IP 192.168.0.1, and set it to do your PPPoE connection. You can then have your base station pull an IP from the modem with DHCP, and then share the connection that way.
If you want to continue to try to set it up with the base station doing the PPPoE, then log into the modem as decribed before, and disconnect the current connection with SBC, and try to authenticate again with the base station.
********************
I am using an Efficient Speedstream modem. But I don't understand the rest of the response. I am connected to the modem with the Ethernet, but how do I use DHCP to get on the modem's Private LAN? Is that in Systems Preferences, Network?
And where do I log into the modem with the IP 192.168.0.1?
Do I need to change the settings on my base station with the Airport Admin Utility? Or do I need to setup my base station as a 'bridge' to do this?
Thanks for any help!
Kate