Trying to replace BEFW11S4 with new WRT110

I have Time Warner Roadrunner cable, RCA cable modem, BEFW11S4 wireless broadband router, 1 wired computer, 2 wireless (802.11b) computers.
This Christmas we got 2 new notebook computers w/ Vista.  We couldn't get either one to connect to the wireless with faster than dial-up speeds, and were advised to get a new router that would work with Vista.  I picked up the WRT110 today, it seemed like a good basic router and got good reviews.
Browsing the support sight tonight I see that the WRT110 is not in the list of products tested to work with Vista.  Should I take it back and swap for one of the products listed to work with Vista?
The BEFW11S4 was set up with its default settings, and worked fine.  I went through the CD that came with the WRT110 and let it do the setup.  I couldn't get it to connect to the internet, even with a wired computer.  I switched back and forth between the 2 routers, reset everything, the old one would work, the new one when configured exactly the same would not.   Strangely though about the 5th time I plugged in the WRT110 and reset it, it let the wired computer connect.  I turn on the 2 new Vista laptops and they connect to the router, but report "limited connectivity" and do not have any connection to the internet.  With the old router they would connect to the internet, they would just connect at a very slow speed.  I've read a lot in this forum and the only things I've seen that might apply to me are to change MTU and to change the wireless channel.  Any other suggestions?  Is there something else I've overlooked?  Is this a Vista problem and not a router configuration problem?

Your router will definitely work with Vista...
You need to adjust the Wireless Settings on your router...
Open an Internet Explorer browser page.In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1
Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
For Wireless Settings, please do the following : -
Click on the Wireless tab-
-Here select manual configuratioon...Wireless Network mode should be mixed...
-Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box in order to differentiate your network from your neighbours network...
- Set the Radio Band to Standard-20MHz and change the standard channel to 11-2.462GHz...
- And wireless SSID broadcast should be Enabled and then click on save settings...
Please make a note of Wireless Network Name (SSID) as this is the Network Identifier...
For Wireless Security : -
Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
Change the Wireless security mode to WEP, Encryption should be 64 bits.Leave the passphrase blank, don't type in anything...
Under WEP Key 1 type in any 10 numbers please(numbers only and no letters) and click on save settings...
Please make a note of WEP Key 1 as this is the Security Key for the Wireless Network.Now try if you could see the Wireless Network Name/SSID and try to connect...
Click on Advanced Wireless-
settings>>Change the Beacon Interval to 75 >>Change the Fragmentation...
Threshold to 2304 Change the RTS Threshold to 2307 >>Click on "Save Settings"...
Now see if you can locate your Wireless Network and attempt to connect...

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