Router not accessible

[MHat]

I have now reset my router at least 3 times, triple checked settings, but I still can't get into the device by browswer to configure it! You would think resetting it would fix most problems (which it usually does, for me), but no. This time it had to stop letting me in completely.

Any ideas on how I can get in? Will "restoring" it clear my forwarded ports?

 

[MHat]

Somehow, it just magically fixed itself now.
Even so, I am fed up with my router, and would like to buy a new one that i can rely on 99% of the time. I was looking into LinkSys' WRT54G, made by the networking people themselves. Highly recommended?