I can't get onto AOL Instant Messenger because I don't know my @mac password

I can't get into my AOL Instant Messenger because I don't know my @mac.com password

Well first off your time and date were possibly off, if you came here first that could have been resolved and you didn't need to wipe and install OS X.
WiFi, Internet problems, possible solutions
The computer stores the time and date in like a EPROM (electronic programamble read only memory) when it first boots the machine it has this (and other data) to connect online.
To reset this you head to System Preferences, however you wiped OS X so you can't set it and the EPROM setting is broken so it won't work over WiFi which gives a DCHP lease based on time and date, which yours is off.
So hook up the computer to the router using a Cat 5 Ethernet cable and try reinstalling OS X again that way, correcting for the time and date issue.
You might have to Zap the PRAM, which clears this EPROM setttings.
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