Hi,

Sorry for the crosspost but I'm not sure which newsgroup I should be
asking this in.

I am writing for a friend who has a Windows XP computer and uses
dial-up to get into AOL here is Australia.

I had an old graphite basestation sitting around doing nothing so I
thought I would give it to her. I am unable to get it working on her
computer.

The computer detects the basestation but I am unable to get the
computer to recognise it's internal modem or to get it to dial. How can
I set up her computer to use the graphite basestation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,

Danny

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Thanks a lot,
Danny

In article <290520062140301667%dparker@bigpond.net.au>,
Danny Parker <dparker@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the crosspost but I'm not sure which newsgroup I should be
> asking this in.
>
> I am writing for a friend who has a Windows XP computer and uses
> dial-up to get into AOL here is Australia.
>
> I had an old graphite basestation sitting around doing nothing so I
> thought I would give it to her. I am unable to get it working on her
> computer.
>
> The computer detects the basestation but I am unable to get the
> computer to recognise it's internal modem or to get it to dial. How can
> I set up her computer to use the graphite basestation?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> Danny

You configure the Graphite Apple Base Station to dial the modem,
not the PC.

That is to say, use your Mac (I assume you have a Mac) to
configure the base station to dial into her ISP, authenticate
itself, and establish the network connection.

Then since the base station is a DHCP server and NAT Router, you
have the PC get its IP address from the base station via DHCP.

It has been a long time since I used a Graphite Apple base
station, but if there are any DNS issues (can access web sites
using the numerical IP address, but not using the name.com
address), then get the ISP DNS server IP addresses and manually
enter them in the PC's networking setup.

And since the Graphite Airport base station is actually a router,
you can share the dialup connection with other systems. While it
is not a fast connection, and sharing it is not going to help, it
does work. I actually used my old Graphite Airport base station
in this mode for a year, just before I got my DSL connection.

Bob Harris

In article <290520062140301667%dparker@bigpond.net.au>,
Danny Parker <dparker@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the crosspost but I'm not sure which newsgroup I should be
> asking this in.
>
> I am writing for a friend who has a Windows XP computer and uses
> dial-up to get into AOL here is Australia.
>
> I had an old graphite basestation sitting around doing nothing so I
> thought I would give it to her. I am unable to get it working on her
> computer.
>
> The computer detects the basestation but I am unable to get the
> computer to recognise it's internal modem or to get it to dial. How can
> I set up her computer to use the graphite basestation?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> Danny

You configure the Graphite Apple Base Station to dial the modem,
not the PC.

That is to say, use your Mac (I assume you have a Mac) to
configure the base station to dial into her ISP, authenticate
itself, and establish the network connection.

Then since the base station is a DHCP server and NAT Router, you
have the PC get its IP address from the base station via DHCP.

It has been a long time since I used a Graphite Apple base
station, but if there are any DNS issues (can access web sites
using the numerical IP address, but not using the name.com
address), then get the ISP DNS server IP addresses and manually
enter them in the PC's networking setup.

And since the Graphite Airport base station is actually a router,
you can share the dialup connection with other systems. While it
is not a fast connection, and sharing it is not going to help, it
does work. I actually used my old Graphite Airport base station
in this mode for a year, just before I got my DSL connection.

Bob Harris

Hi Danny (and Bob Harris),
I'm facing a similar problem -- Windows PC, Graphite AirPort Base Station, dial-up ISP. I've been able to configure the Base Station with my PC, using FreeBase software (google it and download). After making a wireless connection to the Base Station, open FreeBase, enter the IP address and password for the Base Station, and the configuration screens are there.

My problem is, I can't get the modem to dial! I know that on Macs, there is an Internet Connect screen that can be used to dial the modem (I'm not sure that new MacBooks are set up for this, though), but there's nothing I can figure on my PC to do it. If I try to set up a new connection, the PC recognizes my internal modem only. And the wireless connect only accesses the router in the Base Station, not the modem. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bob (irfen)