Wirless issues... not the router!!!

My roommate and I bought a router back in July and it worked great for my iBook G4 and her PC... we started having issues with the router and just got it replaced but now, I can no longer connect to our wireless network. I ran the router set-up disc through my computer hoping this would help but it's done nothing.
I click on our network, and all I get is "There was an error joining the Airport Network". I have tried going under Internet Connect but it won't even let me pull up our network without the error message so I can't adjust the settings (password, security key, etc.).
The router is a Linksys WRA110-V1. I checked the box, it works with macs and like I said above, it worked great up until a few weeks ago. I have no trouble connecting to other networks; it's just ours.
Any suggestions??? Thanks!!!

You could try that, although you would have intentionally had to set it up using those. Most people will just plug it in and start using it, never even adjusting any settings in the router, thereby leaving the default login and password in place. If you think you set it up at one time, by all means, try all the login and passwords that you might have used.
This is a fairly common problem however, and I would suggest repairing your permissions in the disk utility which is in the utilities folder inside the applications folder. It should be done any time something isn't working right. When you open the window in that utility, you click on your hard drive icon in left column and then select repair permissions at the bottom of the window. When it's finished, you can close the window and go back and try to connect again.

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