WRT54G Router Install

After using the enclosed CD install program with my WRT54G router I am unable to add another device (a PC) to the network. I get an error message stating that I don't have a wired connection to the router (although I not only have a wired connection to the WRT54G router, the wired connection to the internet (via a DSL modem) did, in fact, work fine.
I'm running Windows XP. The network, pre Linksys router install, was as follows: an ethernet crossover cable between the desktop PC and a XP laptop PC. Printer sharing was enabled on the desktop PC.
The phone support kept cycling me through the sequence run -> cmd -> ipconfig and then asking what IP address was under LAN. But there is no LAN. Unfortunately, the window would show only a Network Bridge with the Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 .
So, how do I get the WRT54G up and running and add the laptop to the network? Is the current network setup with the Windows LAN wizard interfering with the router network install?
(Mod Note: Edited due to non-compliance of forum guidelines.)
Message Edited by OnnagokorO on 11-14-2007 05:11 PM

First of all ...delete the Ethernet or network bridge from network connections .....after that try this link .........

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