The ActionTec router gives out IP's in the range of 192.168.2.xx and the linksys gives out 192.168.1.xx
The 169 address you see is probably the web IP that Aliant is providing to your router, but your computer will have one of the above IP addresses.
If you are running windows, open a DOS window and run the following command - ipconfig
Then you will see the IP of your computer, the subnet, and the domain.
You can set the computer to a static IP using the Linksys, but just make sure to use an address that is outside the range of DHCP. For example, in the linksys, the IP range is something like 192.168.1.20 - 192.168.1.256. You would set your computer to 192.168.1.2 - 192.188.1.19 (somewhere in between).
Hope that makes sense!
