It appears to be a NAT router. (Thank goodness for Google, I can answer that question). When I tried that plan, I think I lost internet capability for my wife's computer (Win98SE). I did not do anything with the software on that box, may be that I should have. The laptop hops on the internet with no problem. Perhaps I need to use ICS to conceal their is only one internet subscription? The router I bought is made by Belkin. http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Product_Id=136493 If you want to bother looking. BTW, the Belkin 54G laptop card won't work with a Pesario 2100 laptop and I doubt that they will be able to resolve it. Somehow I got the idea when bridging was turned on in the XP Pro machine the Nic's were logicly coupled. Apparently not so. John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Toft" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [OT]:Network question... > The way you picture is drawn, the wireless is on a different network than > everything else, and so you would _not_ be able to see them. > > Is that router a NAT router? If so you could plug the hub directly into it > (where the XP Pro box currently is) and use it instead of the XP box for > routing. > > Then everything should see everything else and be able to see the internet. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads