I had MAC address filtering on for my trial run with the Belkin card.
I've tried it both off and on for the trendware card. I'm actually not
sure how to get to the setting for MIMO . . . but the Belkin card
didn't have it, and it had the same problem. I'm led to believe it's
not a problem with the router, as the Belkin card works fine now in a
different computer accessing the same router. I still have no idea,
nor have I seen any (in searching the internet) for why the computer
refuses to show the wireless connection under the ipconfig /all
command. I was beginning to wonder if it was an issue with my
motherboard . . .(It's an Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro for all those
interested). Thanks for the responses.