Netgear router won't transmit wireless signal and can't access router setup

[hiddenauthor8]

i have a Netgear wgr614 v5 router connected to a westell modem. everything was working fine until i changed a couple settings in my netgear configuration page like the UPnP and dhcp. the internet was still working after that, and then i rebooted my laptop. i had limited connectivity to the router and could not access the internet. i tried to connect my laptop directly to the router via an ethernet cord and typed 192.168.1.1 into the address bar of my browser. it did not connect, so i reset my router. now the wireless light on the front of the router is not lit, and it's not transmitting any wireless signal. when i try to access the routers default access config it says that i'm connected to my router and that it's going to guide me through the configuration settings. i press ok, and it tries to check for an internet connection, which there is none, because there is no wireless signal and i cannot connect to the modem while i'm still connected to the router through ethernet.

please help. i can post my what it says when i do ipconfig in the command prompt if it is needed.

Thank you!

[cswalker]

When you reset the router did you press that tiny little button that defualts the router?

[wizard_of_dns]

Turn off the WIFI connection in the laptop first. Don't use wireless to reconfigure the router! Just plug in the LAN cable between your laptop and router and then go through the little wizard it has. Make sure the router is plugged into the modem.