Sounds like you have a linksys switch and not a router. Is there a port by itself away from the others that is labaled WAN or Internet?

Make sure the modem goes into the wan port...

i got it workin thank ya

was it road runner? they only allow certain IPs to access there server, and im planning on doing this for someone else later today ironically, and it didnt work last time (microsoft router) now im using a linksys, itd be great if you could tell me how you got it workin.

EDIT: didnt read the rest of the thread, lol. sry.