Thanks to all for your continued assistance.

I am still not able to access my router to open a port or static ip. Again the the router # 192.168.254.254 will not connect. I down loaded the 5100 manual but it did not have any additional information.
Also, I tried connecting via my dial up 56k modem but after about 10 min, I still had no connection.
I spoke to SBC (my ISP) support who had no clue what I was talking about (obviously reading support off a monitor) and kept telling me to call apple.
Is there anything left to try?