Im about ready to cry...

ok, i just got a new powerbook and picked up airport express. i already have a windows xp desktop hooked up to a cable modem (for use at school), and it also has a belkin wireless 802.11g wireless card (for use at home). im trying to get a set up where my powerbook will have wireless internet and my desktop has either wireless or a physical ethernet connection- i dont care which for the desktop.
I can only get the physical ethernet desktop connection to work (what ive always had), or the airportmodempowerbook wireless to work...but not desktop and powerbook together. ive tried using a ethernet splitter from radioshack in every combination possible, again to no avail. the best ive managed to get the wireless network to show up in network connections, and if ive just plugged everything in, sometimes it will work for a few minutes...but then i cant connect to the airport network on the windows desktop. ive tried the advice at http://www.efelix.co.uk/tech/windowsxp.html but it doesnt work. when i click "connect" it just tries to connect for a while, then quits.
what should i do? just get a router? if anyone can help i'd really appreciate because im new to apple, so not only am i not familiar with anything but im also frustrated because i cant get this to work.
thanks.

One thing that certainly won't work - using an "ethernet splitter" to connect both the Airport Express and the desktop PC to the cable modem. The only correct way to set this up is with the use of an internet router.
However - there is no reason you shouldn't be able to cable the Airport Express directly to the cable modem, and to have both the Mac and the PC connect wirelessly to the Airport Express.
As to why the PC and its Belkin card fails to connect to the Airport Express wireless network - not clear at the moment. Have you ever used this PC's wireless interface previously - ie do you know for a fact that it (and the software provided with it) has been installed correctly and reallly does work?

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