Ya think?

Congrats dude! Glad you got it working.
Like I said you had a very weird set of issues to start with. Took a while to track them all down!
Great going getting allengrad setup!
I had forgotten how difficult this IP stuff could be for someone new to it. So many variables.
i had done stuff before, and was screwing with this for 3 days and just got to a point of "i'm screwing something up" between not loading the imgur picture correctly to asking another bud for help....networking definitely isn't my forte...i much prefer the building side of computers
and as far as cooling goes, the house stays around 70, and i have a drum fan i can slam on to freeze her up if need be