Setting Up a Wireless Router

[rab <rab nauticom net>]

Now that I have my lan connected to the Internet (using a 4-port hub 
with my desktop as a router), I want to try setting up a wireless router 
(instead of using the desktop computer as a router). I'm using RH 9 on a 
desktop computer and my laptop. I bought a D-Link DI-514 wireless router 
and a D-Link DWL-650 pcmcia card for the laptop. I was able to get the 
router connected to the desktop computer (using DHCP and a wired 
connection to the router) and to the laptop using Windows XP Home using 
the wireless pcmcia card. I could not get to the Internet (the status 
light would not come on - the documentation is sketchy about this 
light). Also, I could not get the pcmcia card to work under Linux. When 
I tried to configure the wireless card, it kept saying the 3com card was 
not present. The lights would not come on under Linux (act and link).

From what I could tell from searching, the D-Link components should 
work. The box for the router includes Linux and I was able to access the 
router using Mozilla to configure it. The configuration seems very 
straight forward yet I could not connect to the Internet via the DSL 
cable modem. (Since trying this, I've reverted to using the wired hub so 
I could post this.)

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Rick B.