aahh! camera help anyone?

[Team3256]

greetings from team 3256! programmer here, and I am on the verge of pulling my hair out. please help us and save my hair!

like other numerous threads I have read, we're having camera issues too. I'd like to think I've read through every thread about fixing the camera, but if I did, one would think it'd be fixed by now...-sigh- anyway, would anyone want to lend a helping hand to a rookie team?

here's some stats on what we have so far:
~running C++, the vision 2010 program.
~we've been able to configure ip address for the camera at 10.32.56.7, with FRC::FRC as username:assword
~we can get the camera to work by going through the address in an internet browser when it is hooked up to the computer/router, but when we get it set up in the cRIO, nothing.
~it's safe to assume every program we have is up-to-date (we did the whole driver station uninstall/reinstall thing-y, etc)
~we made sure to have the cross-over cable for the camera hooked up to Ethernet port 2 on the cRIO
~in another forum, I read about a "watch dog not being fed" for the first 12 or so seconds. we get nothing like that.
(~I'm kinda new to C++ too. I'm use to Robot C, not C++, so if you do any programming explanation, feel free to expand on some more complex ideas )

from my point of view, it should be working by now...but it's not...so something's wrong. any help?