VIZIO blu-ray internet player won't connect, needs Port 43 or Port 80?

I have WRT54G router.  The VIZIO VBR231 unit finds the network OK and indicates it is connected, but nothing will stream, and  when I run a Network Test it gives me this 3 line error:
Connection to 0.0.0.0... successfully established
Resolving... could not be established
Please check your connection and try again.
The VIZIO support folks were not helpful at all, and said something about Port 80 or Port 43 not being open or available.  When I talked to linksys support, they said I needed to add the VIZIO player's IP (which appears to be 0.0.0.0 in the system settings).  Can anyone tell me what I would need to do, step by step?  I poked around a bit, including the Port Forwarding tab on the router setup, but could not see a way to assign 0.0.0.0 to one of these ports, and I am hesitant to experiment.
I'll probably just return the unit to Costco, but I'm trying this forum as a last ditch effort.  BTW I have a VIZIO internet TV that I love, and that had absolutely no problem at all connecting to the wireless.  Thank you!

If your other devices are able to connect to the wireless network then I think the router is working fine.
The IP address on Blu-ray is 0.0.0.0 which is not a valid IP address.
Make sure that Blu ray is not set to a static IP address with the blank fields. Set the Blu ray to obtain IP address from the router.
Or Blu ray is not getting IP address from the router.
Open the setup page of the router and go wireless tab. Click on wireless security sub tab and check the wireless security settings. Make sure that you have the correct network key for your wireless network.
Click on wireless MAC filter sub tab. It should be disabled.
Try to connect to the wireless network on Blu ray again and see if that works.

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