Thank you everyone for your help, and Ian for your amazing research.
I should be receiving my dsl stuff soon (router and all) so we'll see what's up with that soon. I'm not sure that the router comes with any direct connects (for an RJ45 network cable), but I think I read that it does. Has anyone ever heard of one that does not have ANY direct connetions and was strictly wireless?
that's unlikely. it's possible, but most likely it has at least one rj45 jack.
yeah, that's what I thought.