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The firewall always been OFF and reset the AEBS few times but will try few more times and see what happen.

What lights are showing on the Airport Base Station?

See description of the lights in this Airport troubleshooting guide:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106858

The middle light is steady on the other 2 are flicking on and off

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Originally Posted by mafcal

The middle light is steady on the other 2 are flicking on and off

According to this Apple doc:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107457
that should mean that it is working properly and receiving some wireless traffic as well as some Ethernet traffic.

Check to make sure that you have the Ethernet cable from your G4 plugged into the "LAN" jack and the Ethernet cable from the modem plugged into the WAN jack on the AEBS (Airport Extreme Base Station). See the AEBS manual that I linked to in a previous posting (above) to identify which is which.

And are you now trying to use the "AirPort Setup Assistant" ? As I pointed out above, that seems to be what Apple recommends for the first setup instead of "Airport Admin".

I have not been able to launch and use the Airport Setup Assistant each time I try I get the following message: "No new AirPort networks were found
Please make sure your AirPort Base Station is plugged in, in range of your computer, and then click Continue to scan again."
and I cannot pass from that screen to continue with the set up.

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Originally Posted by mafcal

Okay, maybe the "Airport Setup Assistant" is intended for setup of a machine that has an Airport card.
Let's go back to trying "Airport Admin" instead.
What happens when you run it? Does it see the basestation (over Ethernet)?

If it doesn't show up as an entry that you can select and then press the Configure toolbar button, then try the following:
Press the toolbar button labeled "Other". A dialog will pop up asking for IP address and password. I think the default IP address will be filled in as 10.0.1.1 - leave it as this. Use a password of "public" (without the quotes).
Does that work?

And please check again what it says in your Network preferences - the Ethernet section. What does it say for IP address? And verify that the PPPoE is turned off there and that it is set to use DHCP. What does the status show as?