I had orriginally tried to assign it manually through emplode using the configure player/network tab, as well as assigning it on my router as a static DNS.

then toni pointed me in the direction of the shell prompt and running a serial boot log. In the directions which I most likley did not follow correctly, it had a link to the developer info section where I found directives for configuring the network settings in the config.ini. to be honest with you this is the first time I had tried this metod and am vary sure that I did not get it done correctly.. I have no experiance using the shell prompt. everything I had tried earlier had been done using emplode and settings on my router.

I definetly need to take some time and read up on how to configure in the shell prompt. It seems like it could be a useful method if I can ever figure out how to use it. Any pointers would be appreciated. Iin addition, the FAQ's will most likely be in ther somewhere as well.