FDL-nj via HWKB.com wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who replied... seems like I was overthinking the setup
> because I didn't want to mess up the connection I already had between the
> primary PC and the modem...
> So if I unplug the USB connection and use an ethernet cable from the
> router to the primary PC that will eliminate the conflicting IP addresses?
>
>

The bottom line here is get the computers behind the router and not have
the router behind a machine. The router is the gateway to the Internet
and the computer should not be the gateway to the Internet, with the
router behind the computer in a network situation, when there is a
router sitting there. You should do the right thing.

The router will get the IP from the modem and all machines connected to
the router will get a DHCP IP from the router. That's the way it should
happen.

Duane :)