i happened to have a 7.0 i got with box 3 cds and book for 39cents when i used to wrok at compusa so thats why i went with 7, i figured since i have the book, but maybe tonight i'll look into gettin the upgrade or maybe jsut reinstall completley, maybe then i 'll get what linksys says i should when i install the nic, thanx i never even thought to get the newer version