Phase One success!
FedEx arrived with my little white turd...ah, excuse me...my little white Wi-Fi pod, and I'm broadcasting these words from it as I type. So it works on my home network just hunkey-dory.
Now off to test Phase Two. Will the darn thing work with the crummy D-Link station they have at my local coffee shop (which is why I got the darn thing). Report to follow.