essjay

thanks for your help....

I havent explained myself properly and im sorry for that.... I appreciate your time and understand how busy (and in high demand you must be)

I dont have a problem creating a SSID and passphrase on the router.... This is the easy part....
How do i configure network card to access the internet via the laptop? (which is wireless)
IT is a SMC card (exact model is in my second post)....
It wont connect cause is says that the network i am trying to connect to is encrypted and when i think i have entered everything right it does nothing....
Would you know how to set up the card so it knows the SSID and passphrase?.......
i have tried to find something via google but i cant find anything or simply dont know where to look.... i have read the manual but as i am all new to this 'networking' it's just not clear to me....

thankyou so much again.....