wireless not working, AFD issues, no alpha entries allowed for Netgear

[jdoginc]

This has been going for almost two months now, giving up. I ran mbam for the heck of it and found no threats, after that, no internet. Acquiring ip address forever. Used SAS to try to repair winsock lp chain, no luck. Traced dependency, AFD is not functioning. (Whatever that is). Bought new netgear wndr4500, no luck. Ran read and run me, no threats. I might actually have internet, but now when it takes me to setup, I can not type in alpha values (letters), only numbers. I know the router works, my xbox is using the wireless and my cousin is using wired. Something, with little pull down boxes, (drivers maybe) had an x, not a checkmark, having to do with wireless, I put in my installation disc..no joy. I need help, thank you.

Dell vostro 1500, sp3, xp pro, intel PROset wireless