HP should pay attention to their customers:
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1198348878396+28353475&threadId=1087188
My wireless device failure cost me ear ache from the wife, hours of painstaking grumbling trying to fix the problem and of course the annoyance of not having any sympathy from HP.
Back to running a 20ft ethernet cable down the stairs...