DSL & Printer Server

I just installed a WRT54G (ver 6) on a 3 computer network. All seems well the comptuers (none of them are wirelesss) talk to each other. My problem(s) are I can not connect to the internet anymore. If I go to Start, Connect To and choose my ISP I can manually log in and access the internet. but I can't get the router to do it for me. I have it setup for PPPoE and have my correct username and pw keyed in. I am using ATT (formarlly SBC) DSL to access the internet. I know all the connections are good since I can surf the web when I manualy log in, but why can't I get the router to do it for me. After talks to tech support he said I should get a new router, but I seriosly doubt that it is my router. I think I just don't have some option checked.
Also my other problem I use a Dlink DP300U print server. It requires I set my computer up to a specific IP (192.168.0.52) when I do this I can print, but now I can't access the router unless I have the "Assign IP automatically" checked. What do I do?
Thanks,
Joe

hi there,
lets do this step by step.
once your computer is connected to the modem, you need to go to "start" and "connect to" and type in your username and password from ATT. rightt?
here's what you need to do, make sure that the router is properly connected to the modem and the computers, then access the setup page of router by opening an internet explorer and type in 192.168.1.1 on the address bar. leave username blank and password is "admin", unless you personalized it. once you are on the setup screen, set the "internet connection type" to PPPoE and type in your username and password from ATT.
chiao!

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Hi JD77!
And Welcome to Apple Discussions
You have 2 computers respectively connected each to a printer.
DSL Modem (ethernet)
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PC2 =Printer2 (USB) (iMac)
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The iMac has built-in Bonjour technology. So use that. If your windows PC has XP you can download Bonjour for that one as well and use that to share your printer.
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I have never heard of one. Besides, it would cost about the same $ to get a new wireless all-in-one.
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===== Display starts at offset 196869 within file of length 327941. ====
===== Use File->Reload (Cmd-R) to display more. ====
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