It's certainly been a while since I've had a chance to do anything with a computer, but just to let all of you know, I have triumphed over the wicked, black box! Resetting the router(thanks for that Bungleau!) and downloading the firmware(with predefined settings to disable the router firewall and alter NAT configurations) for the router seemed to do the trick just fine.
Haven't tried the persistent world yet(had a busted computer for a few months...damn thunderstorms ;P), but might give it another go at some point, since things seem to be working just dandy now, hehe.
Again, thanks to all, and I hope you're all enjoying the summer holidays(which are over soon..yay
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Kind Regards,
Raistlin Majere.