Not dumd at all. Alot of wireless owners dont know how to manually configure their routers. Its fairly easy to do.
First from command on your machine type
Code:ipconfig
Next, in your favorite browser, enter the ipaddress of your gateway thats listed in ipconfig. A user/pass window should appear. Google your router make to find the default user/pass.
Ex. Linksys/cysco routers are 192.168.1.1 with blank for user and 'admin' for the password. Dlink usualy is 192.168.0.1 blank on both by default. Netgear is usually 192.168.1.1 admin//password by default.
Once into your router read through the provided help section for information on how the web based ui works. Once you get the hang of it, its really easy to customize your local network the way you would a computer.
Macaddrrss setings is usually either in the advanced section of the router ui or under the setup tab.
Hope that sheds some light on routers for you.
Sent from my PD SuperNova DLX
hm my Supernova is showing a mac address of 00:00:00:00:00:00 and my router won't accept that...