Phone line DSL, AOL, Linksys B router

Good morning. Here is what I am attempting:
I want to install a Linksys wireless b router make it work with my AOL, DSL [over the phone line] account/connection at home The Dsl modem being used is an Actiontech device. I have Internet access when the system is hooked directly to the modem [I just need to log on to AOL. When I install the \lynksys router the installation never makes fruiton. The connection is lost. Aol will not open. There is one red 10-100 cable involved. Is it still true that “RED” 10-100 cables have the wireing reversed, and will this impede the proper installation process? As listed in the category. This involes WinXP.
Any suggestions to help me set this up would be greatly appreciated!