Thanks for the replies.. For info , I lucked out and fixed the problem.. Going into preference and Network and airport tab, the pull down menu, select specific network, which had 4 or 5 settings there and deleted all but the one we are using.. Then went into file sharing and to internet tab and changed the sertting "sharing your connection from" to Airport and all worked with the laptop.. Will have to go to friends house tomorrow and probably change those same settings on the desktop G5, except that it is going to be hard wired to the DI-524.. Russell