LOL dude i said that because you were trying to force our IP's, so we weren't getting internet, so i meant we shouldnt force IP's, just use DHCP and config the router to be the DHCP serv and not the modem, but of course just having no internet was the Geek way to do it, so...
but anyways, to the main topic...i restored everything to factory def. but still cannot access the network. here is the situation; i'm thinking when i 'updated' the firmware, it changed some wierd protocol in the router butyways, here's my situation.
i plug into the router and i get a popup onscreen taht says i have a 100mb connection, which means the router and my NIC are communicating. however, i cant access my modem through the router, nor other devices connected to it. my modem is configured to let the router route the internet, and to allow the router to be the DHCP serv. i have all security turned off while i work on it, and there is never a difference. also, all the lights on the router that should be on, are on, and flash when i acces the router. internet light is on also, and the ethernet light on my modem is green, showing that they are also communicating, BUT I CANNOT GET TO THE MODEM THROUGH MY ROUTER AND I CANNOT GET IT TO WORK AND I AM EXTREMEMLY EXHAUSTED AND FRUSTRATED SOMEONE HELP ME BEFORE I LOSE MY MIND BECAUSE I CANNOT FIX THIS AND I FEEL TOTALLY NOOBISH!!!!1!1!!! :,( please help me...
(sorry for the 'skyscraper' post (in fatty's lingo) but i have no time to do proper capitalization and paragraphs and all that nonsense right now, cause after i make one final attempt at this, im going to cry myself to sleep...
(OH btw i am accessing the internet right now by plugging myself directly into the modem, making the default gateway the modem, and using qwest's DNS server...which takes a long time to configure, and i have to reconfigure it the other way to work on stuff, so i can't do this often lol...)