My Wireless/Wired Network Problem!!!

[drumthrasher]

Okay, I've been using a WRT54G Wireless Router for the past what, 4 months now on my desktop (D-Link DWL-G520) and on my mom/dad's laptop. The laptop works fine, but for my desktop my downloads seem to be going slow to what they would be while using a wired LAN connection, so today I bought a 25ft cat5/ethernet cable and hooked it to the router, then to the computer, then the light on the front started blinking, so i though okay, this might be good. when i turned the computer on all my router settings were reset and i wasn't able to connect to the internet via the wireless, but i was able to using the ethernet cable, but heres the problem (3 acutually): [1] when i try to connect to my wireless network, it says its acquiring network address, then it says its connected, and it stays like that for about 30 seconds, then it disconnects. [2] when i connect via ethernet, it says acquiring network address, and stays that way but i'm practically connected. [3] when i run the linksys setup stuff, i follow the directions, then it says its checking my computer settings, then a password screen comes up...what is this?
sound kind of long but thats the complete problem(s).

 

[pctechmike1]

Sounds like something happened to the router during this process. Set the router back to factory defaults, and reconfigure. I know you said you set it up again, but did you set it back to factory defaults and then setup, or just tried setup when you couldn't connect?

 

[drumthrasher]

i think i did, but during the setup it asks for some kind of password...
okay my LAN problem is working fine now but the wireless is still having problems.

 

[hockeyman4413]

i have a router like that and i had problems like that for a couple of days. i just kept resetting the router and then it just worked.

 

[drumthrasher]

thats pretty much what i did...and i reset the modem too.