WRT54G getting back control help

Question

 I accidentally pressed the button which reset all my security settings and I have a white solid light on rather than the orange. On my wireless computer I have a default profile which cant connect to the access point and a new profile which self made and can connect to the router but not the internet. This computer says at the cmd prompt after I type ipconfig "no media"  media disconnected"  I believe I dont have an IP address.  Im trying to get control back and entered the deafualt IP address on my wired computer which opened up a username/password window. I cant get past this. I leave the username blank as suggested and type "admin" for the password but it doesnt work. Ie tried resetting everything and I seem to be stuck. I even tried the installation cd again but that cant sense the router from the wireless computer. Please help
Mick

Answer 1

if u have a cable connection , follow these steps :
1) on the router ui , go to the Mac Address Clone subtab, enable it and click clone your pc's mac...save the settings
2) disconnect the power cable from the router and then the modem..after a couple of mins , plug the modem power cable and after a couple of mins , plug the router power cable
3) check whether u have a valid internet ip add on the router's status page
if a DSL connection ,
1) first off , bridge the DSL modem...
2) set up a PPPoE connection on the router
3) go to the status tab and check whether the PPPoE status is connected and u have a valid internet ip add
after this , try changing the wireless settings on the router ,
ssid - any non-linksys name
channel - 1 or 11
if u have windows xp on the computer which has the wireless adapter...uninstall it completely and install only the drivers for the adapter....use windows wireless service to manage the wireless connection..