Trouble setting up my wireless internet with Built-in ethernet plug?!

I purchased a MacBook (OS X 10.5.5) in August 2008 and have been able to connect to a wireless internet until mid February (I live in an apartment and the owner of the network moved) so i went to Telus and purchased a wireless internet port. I have the Siemens square box. When i used the set up CD it kept asking to connect the the wire from the port to my Ethernet plug however when i called Telus they said that my computer's port is wireless and I would need apples assistance to set it up.
So after this much phone tag and frustration I called apple, and they said they could help me out but my phone assistance warranty is up and it would cost me 60 dollars to get them to help me for a few minutes or they suggested coming online and looking around in apples support department
I'm sure someone else has had this problem so any kind of helpful explanation as to what i am to do or a link to a previous explanation would be great!
Thanks

Try pressing and holding the reset buttonfor ~30 sec.
I had trouble too, but I was using the setup CD that came with the router. Kept stopping at step 7 when it asked for a password. Tech support suggested using the on-line install. www.linksys.com/easy
But the password problem kept persisting until they advised on a 2nd call to use the reset button on the back of the router.

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