Accessing wireless router thru wired modem/router

I am running XP Home with DSL connection to the internet. I have a ZyXEL Prestige 600 modem/router. Notice that it is a modem/router all in one, not two different items. Someone gave me a used Linksys WRT55AG wireless router that I am trying to setup for use with my daughter's laptop. I have the phone line hooked to the wired modem/router and then the modem/router connected to a hub. From the hub I go to my two desktop computers. I can come off the hub and connect to the wireless router. Then I open my browser (firefox) and type in 192.168.1.1 and can access my ZyXEL modem/router. I have tried 192.168.1.2, 192.168.2.1, and several other combinations for the last two numbers. My default gateway is 192.168.1.1. My IP address is dynamic but is listed as 192.168.1.33. How do I get to the wireless router to re-do the setup?
thanks,
Harold

Hookup one computer to the router all by itself via cable to one of the lan ports in back. Push and hold the reset button in back for 30 seconds, release. Now power cycle the router. Connect to 192.168.1.1 with username blank, passwork admin. Reconfigure the router to the IP you need.

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