Gonk, the problem is this:

(1) ALL the computers "stray too far from the hub" and there are a lot of them. They're all in the same place, though, so it makes sense for them to have their own wired hub and a single wireless link to the place where the cable modem is.

(2) By far most of my IP traffic is from computer to computer (with one acting as a fileserver, another as a print server, etc.) and for both performance and security reasons I'd rather this traffic not go over the air.

(3) Some of the computers do not support 802.11b cards.

(4) There's still the IR1000, which can't take an 802.11b card, unless it has a built-in PCMCIA slot, which I highly doubt.

Hmm... I wonder if the IR1000 will suck PCM or MP3 files automatically off a PC, or if it requires a streaming connection from a "radio station" to do its magic...