When I set my TCI/IP configuration to the one my router uses, an error message stating that there is an ip adress conflict. I have one computer, and the DHCP is disabled in the setting explained in the router manual, when i ran ipconfig it dhcp was off. the dsl connection is online, yet it receives and sends meagre amounts of data. how do i configure the internet to actually work?

You gave the router your ISP's information, so that it will control your internet. Go into the router's configuration page and enable DHCP. Then set your local area connection TCP/IP properties to autodetect the IP addy. The router will assign an IP address to your machine. If you want to see it. Open a command window and type ipconfig /all and you will see the IP address the router assign your machine. One more thing. When you change these settings. You need to turn the power off to the router for 10 sec. and power it back on. at the same time reboot your computer. You should be running fine after that.

thx i need to try that as soon as i get home! but 1 thing, although my connection is stated online, i can't go to any page on the internet, not even the router's configuration page. Maybe I need to turn off proxy? and I'm also pretty sure that i used the ip address and the gateway which was given as a default for the router when i could access the internet a few days ago.

If you can't access the router then you may need to reset it back to default. The manual on the router will tell you what IP address to use to access the router's configuration page. then you will enter in the ISP's info into the router. You can change the router's LAN IP to something else if you don't want to keep the default IP. I usually change it to a higher number like 192.168.0.200 to 250. By default the router should have DHCP turned "ON". Just click on the DHCP tab to make sure. If it is "ON" then don't change anything on that page. Then cycle the power to the router. Go to the client Computer(s) and set them to auto detect IP addy. The router will assign them an IP address. your subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0 on any client computer connected to the router. As well as where you changed the router's LAN IP your subnet mask will be 255.255.255.0. Your ISP may have a different subnet. Just use what ever they supply. If they give you a DNS server IP addy. you need to enter it as well. What ever the LAN IP you assign to the router, you will need to write it down. If you ever have to configure the router again you will have to use the IP addy. Once the client computers are set up. You will need to reboot them, for the changes to take effect.