well. i bought a new router. as the other one kept disconnecting. this time i went for the tried and true linksys. so i'm hoping there's no problems. it worked all plug and playie, which in truth, makes me a little nervous. my computer is hicupping a little. it said the connection wasn't secure, so it didn't automatically hookup, but it turned on fine when i said to hookup even tho it wasn't secure. and it did have its "cannot load this dialog" moment, which is what happens when there is no connection. but it seems to be working ok now. it's not uberfast. but it will do, if it keeps just...working. i will be very happy.