Having trouble setting up my router

Having trouble setting up my router I just moved into my apartment and the Internet connection is working. It's Comcast in case that matters. Anyway, I'm having trouble setting up my wireless router (Netgear WNR2000) to work with it. Are there any settings that I could be missing?
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Guest [Entry]

"If you connect your PC directly to the modem and it works without you setting the IP address on your LAN card then you shouldn't be using static IP addresses. If you have an IP address manually set on your LAN card then it's not suprising that it won't work through your router, because you'll need to switch it to dynamic IP addresses once you're using your router.

I'd guess you should probably be using dynamic IP addresses in which case restart the modem after you've plugged in the router. Then try it, if it's not working restart the router as well."

Guest [Entry]

"Don't configure for static IP. I have Comcast and I have an external static IP but it was assigned by the cable modem. The router is configured to receive whatever is assigned by the cable modem.
You may need to have your router clone your computer's MAC address. The cable modem can be picky about which MAC address it sees.
As Col said, restart your cable modem (and router). My cable modem was a Motorola SBS-something and it needed a restart any time I changed the router's MAC address or it wouldn't connect to the internet."