[cpac]

Ok - moved to NYC for my summer associate job this summer. The apartment I rented comes complete with cable modem.

Connecting the modem's ethernet cable directly to my PB works fine - that's how I'm posting right now.

As soon as I try to set up my AirPort base station though, things go sour: The Base Station fails to see the internet and/or fails to broadcast it properly.

I've tried resetting the modem, the base station, and the PB's connection in every possible connection of order.

Can anybody provide a guess as to what's going wrong and/or how to fix it?

Thanks

[aaanorton]

Try completely unplugging the modem and ABS. Let them sit that way for a minute. Plug in the modem and WAIT for it to get connected. Watch the lights, wait for them to go solid and steady as normal. Then plug in the ABS. Now try to connect.
If this doesn't work, you may have a MAC address problem, but I doubt it, as it doesn't seem like you had any trouble with the iBook.