Mac laptop fails to logon wireless to WRT160N V2 after setting up a Dell laptop

I assisted a cooworker over the phone with wireless setup of a Dell Laptop and afterwards she could not connect her Mac laptop (it was working okay before). The only thing we did was log the Dell into the router via ethernet cable, obtain the PIN for WiFi Protected and use it to connect wirelessly. She closed the router config screen without making any changes. The Dell connects to the WRT160N wirelessly without problems but her Mac received a message "wireless setup has changed..." and it prompts for the linksys password but gets invalid message when entering PIN. Could connecting the PC cause a problem with the Mac? Or does it sound like she may have changed something when exiting the Router config screen?

When we originally booted up the Dell, it detected the linksys (SSID) wireless LAN, prompted for the Routers PIN number, we entered the 8-digit PIN found in the router's Wi-Fi- Protected Setup page (radio button was already set for Wi-Fi Protected Setup). After entering the router PIN the Dell connected wirelessly and the MACbook started to have problems. One person thought that by connecting the PC using WPS - it may have changed mode or encryption. I didn't setup this wirelss LAN originally and it is my first experience using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). I can switch it to Manual and go through all of the settings you suggested later today.

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