issue using laptop as router

[slickmann1]

I'm trying to use a laptop as a router. Everything i do works on the LAN side, but not on the WAN side. My modem never gives an IP as WAN but does as LAN, which is... odd. I've tried default settings, manually selecting Ethernet ports, unplugging my modem for 30 seconds with opnsense set to default, and even tried copying my old router's Mac address. My modem (as WAN) never had link set to "up", and never gives me an IP address (as WAN). I know for a fact that both of my ports work just fine.