Cannot connect to wifi with DS

Hi everyone, just wandered into this forum in my random search for an answer to my problem. I have never been able to connect to my Netgear WGR614 with my DS even though I have complete access to the router's settings and my DS gets a full amount of bars when it attempts to establish a connection with my router. I even went to far as to RESERVE an IP address through my router's settings by inputting my DS's mac address. However NOTHING WORKS!!! WHY?!?!? Nothing that is on Nintendo's website has completely helped and I doubt if I call any Nintendo representative will be able to understand why, because this seriously makes no sense. The error code I have memorized now, 52101 and I cannot understand for the love of god why this won't work. I feel completely cheated in the money spent on this DS because its wireless "features" are COMPLETELY useless. Someone please help I am very computer literate, but this has me completely baffled.  

1. Do you use encryption? If yes, is it WPA? If yes, turn it off.
2. Is your router wireless b or wireless b capable? The DS can't use 802.11g
3. Forward you ports.

If it still doesn't work, throw away your router.