Router won't "give" out the internet

(First thing's first: I'm using a Mac!) I gotten my Linksys router (WRT160N v3) just about set up completely. But it's not "giving out" the internet. The router looks and runs fine, and so does our modem, but I can't connect to the internet. System Preferences says everything's fine. Macs don't have any firewalls, so I know that isn't an issue. How can I connect? I've already set up the password and everything, and I can connect to the router with my laptop, yet I still can't connect to the internet on that, either. What do I do?!
Also, for some reason, Airport, FireWire, and Bluetooth PAN are all "Inactive". I can't turn them on or anything! Is this normal?

I am suddenly having what sounds like the same or similar problem with my WRT110 router on my Mac Powerbook G4.  I can connect directly to my (Comcast) cable modem and get online (which is what I'm doing now), and I can connect to my router and my computer will talk to it, but I can't get through the router TO the internet either wired or wirelessly.  When I go into Network Diagnostics, it shows me the "green lights" that indicate the Ethernet, Network, and ISP are all connected, but has the "red lights" for Internet and Server that indicate failure.
I've had the router for about a year, and it was working fine through last night.  Tonight I got home from work and couldn't connect.  At first I thought it was my cable modem - when I tried directly connecting to that with an ethernet cable, it was giving a self-assigned IP.  So I restarted that, and it worked fine.  But I still couldn't get connect through the router.  I've tried everything - restarting all of the computer, the router, and the cable modem; updating the firmware; switching out the ethernet cables; and resetting the router and clearing all my saved settings.  But I'm even having a problem with the actual router reset - when it reverts to "linksys," instead of being an unsecured connection it shows up as secure and prompts me for a password (which is never one that I know).  I can connect to the router with the ethernet cable and get into and change the settings, at which point I can once again connect just fine to the router...but still not the actual internet.

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