WRT54G--Unable to connet to the router!

I'm beyond frustrated, so I'm helping someone can help me.
I just took the wireless router out of the box, setup and ran the software on my Dell Inspiron 700m. I get the error message: "Unable to connect to the router! Check that the router has been connected to the PC, or reset the Router to factory default settings by pressing the router's reset button for 5 seconds."
I know you'll need some additional info to solve my problem, but I don't know what it is until you ask. Sorry.
Please someone help me out. I've been messing with this thing for days now and I'm about to just toss it out the window.

1. Is this a wired connection or wireless?
- I'm experiencing this problem when the router is wired to my PC. I haven't made it far enouh in the setup to where I'm dealing with a wireless router yet.
2. Do you have DHCP enabled on your machine?
- I don't know. How do I enable DHCP?
3. This is normal a good deal of the time as the page refreshes before the router can come back up and before your machine can renew it's DHCP address. Have you tried to connect to the internet anyhow when this happens?
- Yes. I still can't connect.
4. When this happens the next time, what does "ipconfig /all" give you from a command prompt?
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\[MY NAME]>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : [MY NAME]
       Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
       Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
       IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
       WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
       Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-80-C3-88
       Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
       Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.135.37
       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

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JavaScript must be enabled.
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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
 Cheers, Tom

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