[Ti] need help setting up the airport network to DSL

[Michael Bigley]

>hello all
>first of all, i got the SBC dsl hook up but cannot
>setup with airport to go wireless. please help me out
>of this.
>thank you team.

Having installed about 4 or 5 wireless networks over a variety of 
broadband providers, I have found that the order in which you boot up 
the devices is important -- and sometimes different for specific 
hardware!

Generally though, DSL router must be up and running before you turn 
on any other devices. This can take several minutes depending on 
hardware and service, so make sure the device is completely connected 
to WAN (the docs for your hardware will tell you the expected 
configuration of lights on the device for correct activity).

Then turn on the Airport. Again, following your provider's 
instructions, you may need to configure the Airport (using Airport 
Admin in your Utilities folder) to meet the needs of your service 
provider (for example, whether or not to use PPPoE to connect to the 
router -- usually NOT the case though).

I recently installed a Sprint DSL connection for someone and those 
people are hosers! The Mac installer just did not run, and there were 
no written instructions about where the PPPoE connection had to take 
place; seems they relied on "online help" to get you through those 
things, which, if the installer had worked, may have been fine. 
Ended up calling tech support to find out that, even though he got 
the Sprint deal through earthlink, he had to get a NEW earthlink 
email/id, because... well, don't get me started.

Another important tip is to first plug the DSL router directly into 
your mac via ethernet to configure it. Even on Airport base stations 
there are warnings about doing certain configurations wirelessly. 
Also, as with the Sprint weenies above, it saves lots of headaches by 
confirming that the provider has indeed activated your account (I 
have also seen this happen with Zoomtown accounts as well).

Once you are certain you have a connection with the DSL router, then 
connect the airport to the router. You should reboot the router, then 
start the airport.

Hope this helps.
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