tried the ping to bbc, no results
did ipconfig and it shows the IP address 192.168.0.137
the subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
and default gateway: 192.168.0.1
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so could it be the firewall in the router blocking me? if so how do i get around that? the main pc with the modem plugged in has zonealarm but that won't have anything to do with this will it??