sweenytodd :
There will be no complications. If you bridge the modem, it will advertise your public IP address. Connect the UTP cable to the WAN port of your router then set it up. Your router will do the NAT(Network Address Translation) for you because private addresses (eg. 10.X.X.X, 172.16.X.X - 172.32.X.X, 192.168.X.X) cannot communicate on the Internet unless they are translated. Same thing is happening to your ADSLmodem/router but many functions are disabled by your ISP. That's why we buy our own routers.
Hmmm correct me if im wrong.. trying to understand the whole point of bridging.. i think what u said jumbled what i know hehehe thats ok better to clear things up... hmmm..
1st.. when u say public IP address.. the IP that was given to me by me ISP right?
2nd.. therefore.. when i try to access the internet through my modem again.. there will be no more connection since it is broadcasting the public IP and my PC cannot translate, as u said regarding NAT??..
3rd.. can you enlighten me more on bridging.. i think i really don't know anything more about bridging besides setting up my modem to be in bridge mode..
4th.. last time when i put the modem on bridge mode.. one of the LEDs on the modem doesn't light up.. its the INT part.. don't know if most modem/routers have this but mine do.. anyway if you have any idea what does this INT thing do.. is this OK if this doesn't light up?..
Hoping for your enlightenment