What are you using for the wired computers to resolve their IP address? If you are using ICS on the Win2000 system, then that should also supply the IP address via DHCP to the wireless and the connected laptops. Otherwise if you do not have any active DHCP on either a router or the Win2000 system, you would need to manually assign the IP address on the Wireless TCP/IP properties for each notebook. The only reason I can think of that would cause the laptops to loose their setting would be if you have a group security policy that is resetting the laptops when they first login. The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering our special coffee mugs and mouse pads with the PCBUILD logo... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml