Need help with DSL/Wireless Router

[Loneless]

Hi all, thank you for reading my post. I am in need of some networking help if some of you are willing to lend a hand. I am very clueless when it comes to networking, so bare with me. I beleive I have a DSL connection, and am using the following as my modem/router:

Comtrend CT-5071T ASDL2+ Ethernet Router



And I have the following wireless router:

Cisco Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router, Model: WRT54G2 V1


I am trying to set up the wireless router so that my laptop can access the internet. And I have no clue how to accomplish this. I tried following online instruction, but some how last night I messed up my DSL connection trying to get the Linksys setup and I now cannot establish a connection. (I've tried unplugging my DSL modem for 10 seconds to 10 minutes, but still cannot get a connection). So, if anyone can help me get me back online and get my wireless router setup to work with my laptop, It would be very much appreciated. Here are my system specs:

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz 6MB Cache 1333MHz FSB
Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
System Lighting: Alienware® Standard System Lighting - Astral Blue
System Cooling: Alienware® Standard System Cooling
Power Supply: Alienware® 750 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: Single Graphics Card - 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 – Dual GPU Technology
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI Motherboard
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium – DirectX 10 Ready!
Desktop Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200RPM 16MB Cache
Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 20X Dual-Layer Burner (DVD±RW)
Enthusiast Essentials: Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio

[Loneless]

EDIT: I am also willing to have my laptop wired if that would make things easier, as I plan on having my laptop close to my main desktop.

[Terex]

You gave great hardware details but the networking parts are vague.

If you could, please provide more detail around the problem, what errors are you getting?

Your first goal should be getting your previous connection back.

[Loneless]

Hi Terex, I am currently writing my replies from work, when I get a chance to get to my house I will jot down the errors/what is happening exactly, and post it here. So please check back in a bit.

[Loneless]

Getting my internet back is top priority. I am not sure how I lost it. This is very frustrating to me, I will try to describe in more detail what I've been trying. I will use pictures as it helps me describe things better since I am not very tech savy.


Here is my desktop icon:


This is my Network and Sharing Center before doing anything:


And my Local Area Connection properties:



(Don't mind the red circles and lines, my drawing skills are lacking)
I followed the diagnostics steps to see if I could get it to work, with no luck.
First I tried "Automatically get new IP settings for the network adapter 'Local Area Connection' "


After waiting I get this box, and proceed to click on "Reset the network adapter "Local Area Connection"


Also, this is what my Local Area Connection status looks like:


After clicking on "reset the network adapter "Local Area Connection" and still not working, I click on "Enable the network adapter "Local Area Connection 3"



I then click on (after plugging my cable in) "Plug a cable into the network adapter "Local Area Connction 3" and it brings me back to the same page as the above picture.

I then try selecting the "Reset the network adapter "Local Area Connection 3"
And am followed by this:



Here are some images of my connection's after I tried the "Local Area Connection 3":

Network and Sharing Center:


Local Area Network 3 properties:



This is what I get when I run cmd and type "ipconfig":
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Loneless>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a593:3e9b:a0db:d50e%13
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.213.14
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

C:\Users\Loneless>

\\\\\\This is while the second network controller is plugged in "Local Area Connection 3"

Where it says "Autoconfig IPv4" it actually is "169.254.70.185" but shows up different when I mark/pase it.

[Loneless]

Bump, and here is some commands I ran from looking at John's posts:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Loneless>PING 206.190.60.37

Pinging 206.190.60.37 with 32 bytes of data:
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.

Ping statistics for 206.190.60.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Loneless>PING yahoo.com
Ping request could not find host yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again.


C:\Users\Loneless>PING google.com
Ping request could not find host google.com. Please check the name and try again
.

C:\Users\Loneless>NBTSTAT -n

Local Area Connection :
Node IpAddress: [169.254.70.185] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
LONELESS <00> UNIQUE Registered
GAMING <00> GROUP Registered
GAMING <1E> GROUP Registered
LONELESS <20> UNIQUE Registered
GAMING <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Local Area Connection 3:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\Users\Loneless>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : loneless
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection :

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-0A-A8-30
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.70.185(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Loneless>


\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

I also uploaded a DXDIAG.TXT file just incase I missed anything. Thanks again for looking guys, appreciate any and all help.

[erdelgad]

Hi,
I see the following error
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-0A-A8-30
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.70.185(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

you are not getting a valid IP address.

Please do an IPconfig/release and then an ipconfig/renew command from the command prompt. You should get something like 192.168.1.1xx.

Let me know if it works.