@Chrisan 

Hi,

I am not sure how much effort the re-configuration would require in your particular circumstance, but I guess the best way to find out if the WAN1 port has gone bad would be to configure another WAN port accordingly and then plug the Ethernet cable into that one and see what happens.

  @Chrisan Try MAC clone, use your PC MAC on the router's WAN port.

Here is an example for other routers but it's the same for R600VPN.

  @Chrisan Hi everyone - thanks for responding.   I got it working again but not really sure how.   I re-seated the cable between the router and cable modem probably 5 times.   Then I thought maybe there's a setting in the cable modem I need to play with.   When I tried to log into it I couldn't do it then a second later I could.   That's when everything started working again.   Wasted 2-3 nours on this - jeesh