Hi Guys
I'm up and running again.
The Comcast guy couldn't get my PC to connect and deduced that the card was fried since the wireless was working but the PC saw nothing.
After he left I messed around with it and switched to another plug on the back of my computer.
The light on the router came on by the plug for the first time.
I still couldn't get it to connect but I've always had two options on the Internet Connection page.
Connection 1 and Connection 2, it's always used 2.
I went into device manager and disabled device 2 and enabled device 1.
I rebooted and then went into Network and Sharing Center and now I had two devices shown both named Device 2?
I disabled the one I had been using and enabled the new Device 2 and it started working.
My guess is that the Wireless adapter has 2 circuits built in, to connect 2 devices and one was blown and the other was still OK.
The wireless connection to our laptop is much stronger now.
My Router is behind my monitor because my monitor sits on a stand on the desktop with a space behind it that holds my 4 external drives, my speakers, and my Router.
My PC sits on the desktop next to it.
I don't like to set my computer on the floor, too much dirt and dust.
We have 2 Dogs and a Cat!
In the old days I always unplugged my phone line from my computer in storms, (after going through a lot of modems) I think I'll go back to doing that and at least unplug the network cable from the back of the router so I't isolated from my PC.
Mike