I just got a Zyxel Modem from Century Link and 5 usable Static IPs in a block of 8. I configured the modem for "transparent bridging" and configured the PPOE credentials on a DD-WRT router and now ...

IPv6 offers several ways that aren’t possible in IPv4 to assign IP addresses, and DNS set-up has differences as well.

2. Configure Access-Control Lists to permit the traffic flows. This Access-Control List permits the traffic flows against the security levels (each access-list statement goes on a single line).

This short tutorial walks you through the process of changing a CentOS ethernet interface from DHCP to static--but be prepared to type.

You can use the hard drive in a Time Capsule as a network storage device if you decide to stop using the router capabilities.