hi mate ..... i'm baaaaaaaccckkkkkk

ethernet modem...
Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet card...
belkin 802.11g wireless cards...
subnet is the same on both...
main is 192.168.0.1...
other is 192.168.0.5...
full signal on both cards on an ad-hoc network...
second pc connects to the wireless network but i can not ping either ip addy from the other pc's ...

tried for ages .. turned off firewalls etc made no difference..

i cant take the strain