@Ivaylo indeed. thanks for all the conversation and help.

@Ivaylo It can not. It is just a straight up modem. no routing capabilities and setup on it is extreamly limited. configuration has three options and they are essentially controlled by the ISP. It...

@Ivaylo Agree on the second attempt. It was just a try. I've been surprised before in my years of dealing with computers. public IP. See attached.

@Ivaylo Non link aggregation / normal day to day: Cable from wall into modem. Modem port 1 connected to router WAN port via cat 8 cable. Trying link aggregation 1: Cable from wall into modem. Modem...

@Ivaylo no, there are no other options, it just tells me it will need to reboot the modem to apply change and gives me the option to cancel or reboot. once rebooted, there are no additional options....

@Ivaylo Thanks for the response. I'm a bit slow (actually I am disabled) and the instructions just weren't clear to me in the manual. I wish it had been more direct on what it could or couldn't be...