yes its related to my other question. i talked to my computer teacher in school and he said it seemd like i wasnt really connecting to my network with the wpa. and i checked this by putting in a random sentence on my laptop when it asked for my wpa key, it still connected with perfect bars and said i was connected. so my teacher said if i turn off my wpa it should work fine. i am running a wireless 4 port paradyne modem that we got from our isp. also i contacted my isp and he said my laptop should still work on a wireless modem. i still havent gotten this to work