Many thanks to all (sorry about "top-posting"--is that just a fancy name for hitting "reply to all" or am I doing something else rude too? ...
"top-posting" is the act of putting you reply ON TOP of the email you are replying to. Unlike me where I put my reply under your response. Most of us treat this as being plain lazy and not showing courtesy to others on the list that are trying to help you. It also makes it very hard to follow when searching the archives for answers. If you continue to top post everything you send out most people will stop helping you.
Amazing! It's 20 years since I first started using UUCP/usenet news and the like (yup, dial up lines, SLIP and UUCP--any UK refugees remember "thar" :), and I've always prefered the newest stuff at the top where I can see it immediately. Nobody ever told me that was bad before, but I'll do my best to remember that this is in fact not considered proper. I guess you're never too old to learn something :) Anyway, many thanks for all of your patience and help. I'm going to try the two options of the ndiswrapper and the hostap driver with the installer for the firmware and then if that hasn't worked, I'll have to give up. I'm optimistic though, I've learned a lot in this exchange, and not just about netiquette! Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com