Hi all who posted help. Here's what happened further to my posts below: I finally decided that the router must not be transmitting so I went and exchanged it and it worked perfect with my notebook. On to my desktop which is in the basement (my router and cable modem are on the main floor)... The Pci card still wouldn't work. I could get it to connect using an ad hoc P2P connection but I couldn't connect to the internet. I went back to the store and they had a USB "B" network adapter which I can put on top of the case...plugged it in and it works fine. It must have been poor reception because of the location of the card down behind the pc or I had a bad card?? Leads me to a couple of questions: Can I get a USB "G" standard adapter because if not I can live with this. The internet connection is just as fast as my computer which is connected directly to the internet(1736 Kbps down & 274 Up) Seeing the rest of my components are G standard am I compromising a lot by leaving this B adapter? What do you guys think? Thx Gary

I'm sure you can get a USB "G" adaptor but myh question would be why ??? You are not gaining anything if you are just using it to access the internet , you bottleneck is always going be the internet connection , a 11B wireless connection is up to 11 meg, this is a lot faster than the 1.5 meg connection to the internet . The only place it would be faster is if you happen to transfer huge files between pc's in your own home then the transfer rate obviously would be faster . I am not sure why any homeowner would waste the extra money on "G" equipment . It's good marketing by the wireless companies . On a corporate lan with big pipes then yes , "G" would make sense .