WRT54GS, multiple computers keep changing ip.

My WRT54G has been great so far, but when under the challenge of running a radio station, 80% of the time it fails to work.
I am with firmware version v1.05.3. Before solving the current solution can anyone direct me to the latest firmware update? Im overcautious about downloading for this hardware.
I am trying to host a Winamp Shoutcast radio server and the error always appears like this:
<06/05/07@21:44:00> [yp_add] yp.shoutcast.com gave error (nak)
<06/05/07@21:44:00> [yp_add] yp.shoutcast.com gave extended error (Cannot see your station/computer (IP: 86.4.227.179:5012) from the Internet, disable Internet Sharing/NAT/firewall/ISP cache (Connection timed out).)
My setup is that i have a Desktop machine connected via wire to the router, and a laptop connection via Wireless. Depending on which machine accesses the router, they keep changing IP in a way that the first machine gets one ip and the next gets the other. I have forwarded my ports and the radio station fails to appear most of the time. I can only think that:
A. I need to update my firmware to the latest version.
B. I need to setup my router so that when my wireless laptop accesses the router at anytime, it will always retain the exact same IP.
A step by step would be very helpful, and for menu understanding, i am using Windows XP. Thank you for any advice. It appears with my current firmware that forwarding ports does make things work, but unpredictably.
~Paul

I have solved this problem, it has been on the shoutcast forums as a problem for many but they did not explain correctly that to be able to host a server you had to Port-Forward the host port number 80. Up to you if you would want to add this to the FAQ section because i know for sure there have been many having Linksys > Shoutcast issues. Both the series of ports need to be forwarded:
8000-8001 UPD and TCP (as shoutcast stated)
80 (<<the most IMPORTANT port that will ensure your server works 100% stable and free)
I have configured and tested for several days and this was the simple solution, it may be a good idea to have this forum post more highlighted for future users.
~Paul

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    It's a simple task.  I want to be able to move music from multitple computers to my iPhone.  When I go into iTunes and select the device, in my case it's the iPhone, and check the box to manually manage music and videos then click 'apply' I get a warning that everything is going to be erased from the phone.  WTH!?!  And no one on ANY forum who suggests this is the proper way manually managing music even has a solution to be able to do this WITHOUT erasing the phone.
    C'mon Apple.  It's a SIMPLE drag-n-drop implementation.  How hard can it be?  I'm not the least interested in syncing with some music library on the computer.  In fact I don't even sync my phone with the iTunes Library.  It's a waste of time because I can't even selectively sync music.  It's either all or nothing.  STUPID.  I simply want to move music on and off the phone.  You know, drag into the window to add and drag off to remove.  And I want to be able to do it from any computer I want that's running iTunes.  I shouldn't have to copy music from a different computer, carry it home and add it from the home system.  That completely defeats the concept of portability.  And if my home computer happens to go south for some reason then what?  Even if I have all my music backed up, I have to wipe out all my music on the phone and start all over because I'm now using a different computer.  Who was the genius that came up with that ludicrous idea?
    Apple you really need to take a page from Sandisk and allow iPhones to be treated as external drives so we can drag and drop our music onto them.  No muss no fuss.  Simple and clean with no hair pulling.  It's already established the you create some very pretty devices.  Now let's work on improving usability.  Because the way I see it, it's a bit backwards.

    Sync iPod/iPad/iPhone with two computers
    Although it isn't possible to sync an Apple device with two different libraries it is possible to sync with the same logical library from multiple computers. Each library has an internal ID and when iTunes connects to your iPod/iPad/iPhone it compares the local ID with the one the device normally syncs with. If they are the same you can go ahead and sync...
    I have my library cloned to a small 1Tb USB drive which I can take between home & work. At either location I use SyncToy 2.1 to update the local copy with the external drive. Mac users should be able to find similar tools. I can open either of the local libraries or the one on the external drive and update the media content of my iPhone. The slight exception is Photos which normally connects to a specific folder on a specific machine, although that can easily be remapped to the current library if you create a "Photos" folder inside the iTunes Media folder so that syncing the iTunes folders keeps this up to date as well. I periodically sweep my library for new files & orphans with iTunes Folder Watch just in case I make changes at one location but then overwrite the library with a newer copy from the other. Again Mac users should be able to find similar tools.
    As long as your media is organised within an iTunes Music or Tunes Media folder, in turn held inside the main iTunes folder that has your library files (whether or not you let iTunes keep the media folder organised) each library can access items at the same relative path from the library folder so the library can be at different drives/paths on different machines. This solution ensures I always have adequate backups of my library and I can update my devices whenever I can connect to the same build of iTunes.
    When working with an iPhone earlier builds of iTunes would remove any file not physically present in the local library, even if there was an entry for it, making manual management practically redundant on the iPhone. This behaviour has been changed but it will still only permit manual management with a library that has the correct internal ID. If you don't want to sync your library between machines on a regular basis just copy the iTunes Library.itl file from the current "home" machine to any other you want to use, then clean out the library entires and import the local content you have on that box.
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