tengu...i didnt get it to work

I think it has to do with not getting a good connection to the main router. I bought a longer ethernet cable to I can place it better when i get home tonight. I'm also thinking about getting those big as anntenna upgrades. what do u think about those??
I think I got the client to connect to the main router because I got a mac address (one of the steps in the link you sent me). But when I tried to ping it, it timed out. btw, i have no idea what pinging means and i went to command prompt and i typed in ping 192.168.1.1.
My internet explorer or aim wouldnt work either. I'm hoping this is just due to a bad connection that can be circumvented by a longer cable. this is gonna be soooo sweet it if ends up working.