DGL-4100 and Steam wont open ???

[Bladestorm]

Getting straight to the chase, I've got two PC's, one for gaming, the other for everything else, and a newly purchased D-Link DGL-4100 router. I did the quick setup on the 4100 and checked to see if I got internet access on both PC's, which I did. I browsed to a few of my regular sites, and all worked except for

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/

That's not my main concern right now though, Steam is. I installed it on my gaming PC and when I went to start it this came up right away.

A quick Google search taught me that I needed to port forward, but that I needed to set up a static IP first.

I followed this guide to set up a static IP,

http://portforward.com/networking/static-win7.htm

and then this guide to port forward for Steam.

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Dlink/DGL-4100/Steam_Client.htm

Long story short, that didn't work. What's my next step? I have next no networking experience. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks


Update:

Shortly after posting this I realized PeerBlock was blocking Steam. Stupid me, I completely forgot I was running it the whole time. So now did I really need to set up a static IP on my gaming PC? Also, any idea why some sites like the one mentioned above still won't load?

 

[Orinthical]

Remove the static IP and port forwards - you don't need those for Steam to run properly; it's only on some routers and the DGL-4100 is not one of them.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/ isn't opening because it looks like the directory has been removed. A 404 error is being returned by the HTTPd server, meaning you are hitting it and asking for a folder that the server can't find. They are probably having forum problems...

 

[Bladestorm]

Thank you.