Any Airport Express + D-Link DSL-300 users out there?

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David - 14 Aug 2004 16:19 GMT

Hi all,

Just wondering if any Mac users with Airport Express have got it to work
with their D-Link DSL-300 modem? I have such a setup and cannot get it
to connect to the net. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone out
there who has managed to perform this 'miracle'.

Regards,

David L

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Daniel - 23 Aug 2004 18:49 GMT

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> David L

Hi David

The DLink DSL-300 won't work with Airport at all.
I've spent many an hour trying to get them to work, as have a lot of
other consultants I know, and although sometimes you can get them to
work on an "on-off" occassion overall, they just don't.

You're better off to sell it off and get something like the Netcomm
NB1300 or another DLInk model (DSL-504G) or similar.

I think it has something to do with the DSL-300 board and it won't let
you share it.

Hope that info helps.

Kind Regards
Daniel Kerr
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Daniel Kerr
MacWizardry

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David (artroom) / Picasso Print - 31 Aug 2004 14:01 GMT

>> Hi all,
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> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your reply.

I really thought I was going mad with this modem. I was on Whirlpool, the
Apple Support forums, and here trying to round up anyone who had knew of a
way or if it was even possible for the DSL-300 to work with Airport Express.
I must've put about 40 hours into trying to nut out a method of getting it
to work. I was told the DSL-300 needed to use a PPPoA connection, and I had
to assign a manual IP to it. Basically I had to 'trick' it -- God knows if I
had to do this with every re-connection -- which to me goes against the
ease-of-use attraction to Apple products. Someone suggested there was some
kind of firmware patch I could use to make the DSL-300 stop fighting for a
specific IP address which the Express needed. I just wanted it to be easy.
It started to feel like a PC as I performed low-level 'Windows Registry'
type manoeuvres trying to get it to work. Ridiculous.

I concur, this isn't going to get off the ground. Thank you for confirming
that and for your suggestions. What modem are you using with Express?

Regards,

David L.

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Any Airport Express + D-Link DSL-300 users out there?