Verizon DSL & Apple

I am having a very difficult time connecting my iMac and iBook (G4) to the internet at my house. I have Verizon DSL through out phone line and a Linksys router. The router recognizes that my computers are connected to the network but for some reason the computers are unable to get a correct IP address. I would greatly appreciate any guidance in this matter and I am more than willing to provide more details but not sure what would be helpful at this time.
Thanks!

The Interface that connects to the Router/Internet, needs to be drug to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations and checked ON.
Was the Router always in the line, or new? Did you power down the Modem & router, wait 2 minutes, power up Modem, wait 2 minutes, power up Router?
Try this on a Mac in Terminal after those have been reset...
sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP;sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP
en0 if Ethernet, change accordingly to the enX at the top of the list in Network Port Configurations.
Are the Macs set to "Using DHCP" in Network>TCP/IP?
What IP are they getting? 169.254.x.x?
Is the Router set to hand out DHCP addies?
Can you access the Router's setup pages by using like 192.168.0.1 in Safari's url bar?

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