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I hope I'm wrong, but afaik the router is intended for a cable connection, I'm assuming that your mention of AOL means you have a phone-line connection & the router is expecting a cable modem, not an ADSL one..

<edit> just read your post again & you do say cable connection - I'm puzzled now as I don't know of an AOL cable setup, looks like someone more savvy will have to answer, sorry.