I wish I were normal - but then life would be boring. I just set up a wireless network using a Linksys WMP11 (PCI card) and a WAP11. I get clear communication under normal conditions: wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss wlan0: 36. 54. 0% loss wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss wlan0: 34. 52. 0% loss wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss wlan0: 38. 57. 0% loss wlan0: 34. 52. 0% loss wlan0: 36. 55. 0% loss When I play MP3's using xmms, I get packet loss: wlan0: 30. 46. 0% loss wlan0: 32. 48. 5% loss wlan0: 26. 41. 6% loss wlan0: 34. 52. 8% loss wlan0: 30. 47. 5% loss wlan0: 36. 54. 5% loss wlan0: 34. 51. 8% loss wlan0: 34. 52. 10% loss wlan0: 34. 52. 5% loss wlan0: 36. 56. 5% loss wlan0: 32. 49. 1% loss What you are looking at is the interface (wlan0), link quality, signal level, and packet loss from my workstation to the WAP. Does anyone have a suggestion how I can listen to MP3's and not have packet loss? George