Hello, I'm trying to connect to a public Wifi Hotspot using a brand new Belkin wireless PC card in my laptop. Everything seems good to go, as the Belken utility says I'm connected, and all that good stuff. But when I click on Internet Explorer, it says that it's detecting proxy settings, and after about a minute or so comes up with the standard "page won't display" error that you get when you call up IE without having an internet connection. I have a feeling this would go much more smoothly with Windows XP, but I am using windows 98 2nd. I can't seem to find out much info on config. a windows 98 setup, except to set my network properties to "obtain IP address automatically", which I have done. Any thoughts, or good websites you can recommend to aid my setup? redjwood

In IE click on Tools - Internet options ...; Connection tab; LAN Settings ...; make sure you DO NOT have a checkmark in "Use a proxy server ...". Terry

Yep, already checked (or should I say unchecked) that. redjwood

Do you have a wireless configuration utility? Are there more than one access point available (SSID)? Connection infrastructure mode? Encryption off? If you had a previous wireless connection you may be trying to connect to the previous SSID.