You might have a conflict with card not supporting router or the other way around. Open IE and type in the routers IP address, a security box will pop up and ask you 4 your user name and password. Type admin, admin to get in. If you get the security box then its not the card, check router to see if the IP of your ISP is poperly configured reset everything to default to see if this will make the router connect, reboot router and modem and computer for one minute and restart one at a time starting with the modem. if you dont get security box then it will be a card issue. Try installing the software that came with the router and see if that fixes the issue with that card. also check online to see if your card is supported by your router. Might also need to run updates for 98se to see if there is a patch for this problem.