Glad to see you got it going. I think you'll like the reliability of the Airport Extreme.
As to the quirkiness of connection, that is something that happens with some cable/dsl modems, but not all the time and not always with the same service. It seems like something just hiccups in the process.
When I installed my latest AE to my network as the main router, I just naturally powered down all the network.
Lloyd
On Oct 1, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Maria Boyle wrote:
> Good Morning,
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> I wanted to share this with everyone, just in case someone needs to connect a new router.
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> After trying everything possible without luck, I went to the Apple store and got the airport Extreme. Took me about 3 hours to get it up and running connecting with the internet. At first it would only work as a router to connect other computers, but not see the Internet. I had to reset the router to factory default and start over.
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> The solution (wish I had known this) was to unplug both the cable modem, and router, disconnect the cables. Waited about 10 minutes, connected the cable back to modem & router, turn on the modem first, then turned on the airport extreme router. Then started the process of programming the router to see the modem.
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> All is well that ends well. I now have perfect uninterrupted service connecting with my iPad!
> Woo Hoo.....
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> Thank You to all for your advice and input on the subject.
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> Have a Great & Blessed Day
> María
