Hi Harry,
You said: When I purchased the Mac Book pro, I wish the salesman
would have told me that I needed to have a wireless router installed
in my household in order for the Mac to work properly.
Not true. the Mac can work with either wireless or ethernet
connections. If you have either DSL or a Cable modem, the Mac will
access the Internet right away. The best way to configure a
wwireless router is using ethernet as well. In that case the
configuration should be quite easy. Simply connect to the IP address
of the router and go from there. If you have a Dial-Up connection,
that's a different story.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada