Well I actually tried that.... see I have an XP machine I use for a internet connection sharing. So thats when I figured out my cards didn't work with my AP through 2k... after I set up a DHCP server specifically for this purpose and after I went throught the Jreceiver install... it's odd the cards detect the AP in 2000 but can't connect, I've tried everything, reserving the MAC through DHCP adding the MAC for the card in the AP.

I should also add.... my wireless card is a pcmcia ibm high rate wireless card... I'm using an internal pcmcia reader to use it. I think the IBM card is the problem, simply because theres little documentation and the drivers and client software provided by IBM kind of sucks. XP auto detects them using XP they work OK... but still have dhcp issues... ... I'm hoping that after I get the D-link card it'll work better with 2k and resolve my DHCP issues