OK your box has 3 components: (1)The WAN ASDL in port, (2)A built-in SWITCH, (3)WIFI Access point. Sound like you want to use 2 and 3 only.
Disable the box WAN port or just leave it disconnected. Connect inbound ethernet to one of the LAN ports, connect your PC to another LAN port. Disable the box's DHCP if it has one but ENABLE WIFI, and hopefully that's. If the box wants an IP of its own, then you need to assign a static IP to it, this you have to get it from the IT guys.
Good luck.