Wrt160n wireless connection drops when phone calls come in

I operate 2 laptops on Vista and 1 desktop on XP . I have cable connection for intenet and phone. When a phone call comes in, my connection drops on all 3 computers. Comcast has told me I have the same freceuncy for my phone and internet, therefore, I need to change the frecuency on my modem? or router? using my ethernet cable connected directly to the router (? ).
I am trying to download the wizard but get no where. I went to the default IP address 192.168.1.1  mentioned in the owners manual, left USER name blank, and wrote admin on password, and can't get in, all I get is Not Authorized.
How can I manage to change the freceuncy to avoid my connection from being lost every single time someone calls us thru the home phone, or I pick up the phone to make  call?
Help please!!!

If the admin password is not working then,you have to reset the router.Reset the router for 20 seconds and then,try to open the setup page..On the setup page,Under the Wireless tab,Change the Channel Width to 20MHz only and Channel to 11.

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