Are you using a Graphite or Snow base station?
I have a ton of problems with my 2 graphite ones. Including what you mentioned. OS X seems to be much better at communicating with the Base Station than OS 9. In fact, the only way I ever got 9 to talk to it was to:
1) Use a crossover cable
AND
2) Manually set the IP on the mac to an address that is 1 away from the IP of the Base Station (ie if the base was 169.123.45.67 I'd set my Mac to 169.123.45.66)
To do a hard reset, I THINK (but am not 100% certain offhand) that you need to unplug the base station, Press and hold in the reset button using a paperclip. Re attach power (while still holding the reset button) and continue holding that reset button for 30 seconds. I had problems doing this as well.
Once I was able to get my ABS up and working I went with the if it ain't broke, don't fix it (or even look at it funny for that matter) mentality. I have NEVER had an good, easy experience with setting up an ABS. Like I said, X is better than 9, and 9 only works for me when connected to the ABS with a crossover cable (NOTE: You need a Crossover cable, not a standard Cat 5 Ethernet cable).
I hope this helps you some. Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Peace,
O
B unce!
I have a ton of problems with my 2 graphite ones. Including what you mentioned. OS X seems to be much better at communicating with the Base Station than OS 9. In fact, the only way I ever got 9 to talk to it was to:
1) Use a crossover cable
AND
2) Manually set the IP on the mac to an address that is 1 away from the IP of the Base Station (ie if the base was 169.123.45.67 I'd set my Mac to 169.123.45.66)
To do a hard reset, I THINK (but am not 100% certain offhand) that you need to unplug the base station, Press and hold in the reset button using a paperclip. Re attach power (while still holding the reset button) and continue holding that reset button for 30 seconds. I had problems doing this as well.
Once I was able to get my ABS up and working I went with the if it ain't broke, don't fix it (or even look at it funny for that matter) mentality. I have NEVER had an good, easy experience with setting up an ABS. Like I said, X is better than 9, and 9 only works for me when connected to the ABS with a crossover cable (NOTE: You need a Crossover cable, not a standard Cat 5 Ethernet cable).
I hope this helps you some. Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Peace,
O
B unce!