content: If you know the workings of computers intimately, this might work for you. It is NOT easy to use this adapter with XP. I spent 7 days trying to reach Linksys through online and phoneline - never got through. I used every technique in their support pages and it still didn't work. XP keeps defaulting, you have to disconnect integrated components, reconfigure settings and change channels and that's just the tip of the iceberg- it finally worked for about 10 minutes then crashed. I had two PC's working beautifully using NetGear's adapter but the third PC that I tried to add to my network with this Linksys adapter - forget it! I feel like they owe me money for my frustration.