Okay. From your phone line, you have the phone line hooked to ur modem right? If yes, then you have an ethernet from the modem to ur computer right? If yes, then i want you to take off the ethernet cable from the computer and plug it into ur router's WAN/Internet port (the on separate from the other 4). Then i want u to get another ethernet cable and plug it into (one of the 4 sockets that are together), then from that, you plug it into your computer where your Modem's ethernet cable was previously connected. Then i want you to type in 192.168.1.1 into ur webbrowser, and configure the SSID (name of the router), and a password for your router. After that you are ready to connect your laptop to your router. Okay, from your laptop, you should have wireless capabilities, i want u to connect your laptop to ur router wirelessly (the router that you want to connect to sohuld be the router that you have set up the SSID with), (right click that little computer sign and click connect to a network), and see if that works. Also remember to plug ur router into AC jack (powersupply).