You were lucky:
I just put in a Linksys wireless network with the able assistance of Cristian who got it working fine with one click of the mouse after I had stared puzzled at the screen for 3 days.
The Rio Receiver goes dead when the microwave starts.
The Cordless phone goes dead when their is anything going on on the network.
The wireless doorbell rings during certain functions and at start up: I only discovered this after I had berated next door's children severely for ringing the doorbell and running away.

Unfortunately, in the eighteenth century nobody thought of putting some cat5 wiring through, the walls are two foot thick and the floors are solid!

Linksys helpline say they know about these things, which doesn't get me very far!