The following includes further specs...Help is greatly appreciated, Mav.

more info on the problem will help ,like what happens and when !
are the drivers install ,dose wifi show in device manager ,do you get the option to chose a connection ,is there a switch on the laptop to turn on and off wifi!some have them !

The mainboard is ATX, not a Laptop...it has never worked properly, but the icon says that im "connected" to my network, speed is "1.0Mbps" (pretty slow for G w/ speedbooster), signal strength is "excellent", and status is "connected". But as to why I cannot use this wifi to connect to the internet I do not know. When I disconnect the LAN I loose my connection and get the "page cannot be displayed" of death. Both LAN ports operate fine but the wifi would help at friends houses. Thanks for the reply, Mav.

By never worked properly I mean the wifi, everything else is OK. Also the router is OK, and the mainboard has the wireless adapter built in for "use as a router" or "to recieve the signal from a router". Again Thanks, Mav.

so if you click on the icon can you disconnect and refresh the wireless list and pick yourself if others appear in the list,and try again

If you've set a static IP, try auto. If you're auto, try static. The static IP you choose will depend on your router (usually either 192.168.0.X or 10.0.0.X)

Try to ping another computer on your network, that will tell you whether the network works (in a command prompt type "ping 192.168.0.1" or whatever thier IP is).

Is your wireless encrypted with a protocol your computer doesn't support? (WPA2 is not commonly supported in my experience)

Just as a side note, while you're in a command prompt you can get your current connection settings by typing "ipconfig /all"

Good luck

Oh, when you're setting up, try turning on SSID broadcast, then turn it off once you're up and running.

Thanks for your help, nothing worked, however you inspired me to play with the settings more. I just changed the settings until I got it to work. It will not connect with the Microsoft Network Settings, only with the ASUS software (very un-intuitive), and by getting rid of all security got it to work. Don't know if I will turn security back on as my nearest neighbor is about 0.5 mi. away, if they can get it they deserve it. Thanks for the replies, Mav.

just turn off SSID broadcast after you connect to it with the wifi ,and they wont see it anyway

Good idea, thanks.