In regards to alternative wireless stations, I went with a D-Link 614+ station for our network. It was very inexpensive costing new from Office Depot $39 after sale price and rebates. It was painless to set up and only took minutes. My iBook immediately saw the station as soon as I switched on the Airport card. My wife uses a Dell with a D-Link card without many problems. One funny thing though, my Airport card never misses or loses the station while the Dell with the D-link card sometimes does. The Airport also seems faster even though the D-link card is the x2 type at 22 kbs while the Airport is the original 11 kbs. I assume the differences have to do with Win XP in her computer. Hope this helps. Best Regards, Wayne Schneck Marketing Manager FME 800.327.5676 wayne at fme.com