As has been posted a bazilion times, the 2300 router software utility doesn't work - it calls the wrong IP address.  Open IE or your browser of choice and go to 192.168.2.1 or http://my.router to set it up and administer to its needs.

Thanks for the assistance but I'm afraid I still don't understand - I have never done any wireless work before (I consider myself fairly computer knowledgeable until it comes to wireless). 

When I open 192.168.2.1 or http://my.router there is "no page to display".  I have installed nothing on my computer at all because installation won't even begin because it can't detect internet connectivity...the manual is absolutely helpless on setup because it says all of the setup steps will be completed through installation which I can't, as I've said, even get started.  And, as you've said before, the software and CD are useless anyway.  I absolutely have no clue how to do this if, including what to hook up to what, since the paper manual says to follow the CD guide and the CD guide won't go past looking for internet connectivity and the sites you gave me don't bring anything up (and I probably wouldn't know what to do when I go to them). 

I'm sorry, this is just really frustrating for what should probably be simple.  If the software is useless - why doesn't DELL do anything about it????

Thank you if you can help me.

If you have a direct T-1 Ethernet connection in your apartment, try connecting it directly to one of the 2300's LAN ports - not the port labeled "Internet".

Then enter the ip address of the router (192.168.2.1) or type http://my.router.

Set up the 2300 to be an Access Point rather than in Gateway Mode.

I feel your pain.  I have had the same problem.  One expects the install CD to do the trick, but it doesn't.  I fiddled around with the thing and got the router to work for the most part, but my email is useless.    Without email, the router is useless to me.  I sent an email to my ISP and Dell.  Hopefully, there is a solution.

Phil