Ok, update. I ended up just taking out my hard drive and replacing it with a spare one. My old drive was so riddled with weird bugs and spyware that I just wanted to start fresh. I reloaded everything including windows.
My internet connection works on the modem, but still does not work with the router.
I bought another router ( a netgear brand router ) and that doesnt work either. I was using a linksys. So both routers dont work. Prior to this, the router worked fine and our connections worked fine. I didnt mess with anything and the router just crapped out on it's own.
The routers seem to be working, all the appropriate lights are on and receiving a signal but the display message on my screen say it's not getting a signal.