Desktop turned off but wireless connection stay active?

I have a Linksys WRT54G Broadband Router and have it connnected to my Cable modem thru my desktop. My question is this I thought my deskptop would always need to be on for the wireless connection to stay active but I turned off my desktop and I still have a wireless connection with my laptop. Is this normal? I do not know much at all about networks. If it is normal why did I need to do all the setip stuff on the desktop? Thanks for any info on this.

OK, that makes more sense. It's not going through your desktop at all. So it doesn't matter whether your desktop is turned on or off, or even if you've sold it on eBay.
Well, it doesn't matter until you want to use it. Then it does...

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When I try to click "disable" on the wireless network connection status message box, I get:
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Try to disable the wireless adapter on the Device Manager window. Go to Start > Control Panel> System > Hardware > Device Manager > Network Adapters. You can then right click the wireless adapter there and select disable. If it is still not possible, you’ll have to access the router then and disable the SSID Broadcast. See below:

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Try this.
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