WRT54GS v7 no internet wirelessly

I have been using this router for over a year, and never had a problem with it. All of a sudden about a week ago, it stopped working right. I would have local access only even on wired connections. The internet light was on, and when I plugged the computer straight into the modem it would have internet. Today I reset the router to default settings, and now I get internet on the wired connection but not the wireless. I looked at all of the settings, and they seem right. Does anyone know what might cause this?

Your computers are conected to the router automatically with the wireless connection because now the network is unsecured as you have reset the router back to factory defaults. You can secure it if you want.

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