Dsl modem bridge to Netgear Router?

[Gerard08]

I carefully followed the directions to change my Westell 6100 DSL modem to bridge mode as recommended to use with a Netgear wired router. I lost connectivity to the internet. I know I didn't complete this last step:
Enter ipconfig /release at the Command Prompt.

Can I do this in Console? What might have gone wrong in my settings?

I am using my router to print from a laptop running xp, and eventually set-up a Samba file share. This is proving to be difficult, possibly b/c of this problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825401&referrerid=571316?

Here'e my ipconfig output

ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:8c:9e:e8:d6
inet addr:10.0.0.2 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:8cff:fe9e:e8d6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:44212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40661 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:43087892 (43.0 MB) TX bytes:7688801 (7.6 MB)
Interrupt:220 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:36373 (36.3 KB) TX bytes:36373 (36.3 KB)

pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr fa:a1:49:62:82:6f
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

I am a novice linux user with no experience with home networking. Thanks for your input. I am running 8.10 on a homebuilt desktop with an Asus mb.