Dear Everybody By means of the terminal test "iconfig - a" it became clear that my laptop has internal cards for wired LAN ethernet (eth0) and bluethooth (pan0). Those 2 connections are also being mentioned in the documentation with respect to my laptop - a Medion 5400. Practice tests reveal that the eth0-connection works everywhere fine now. Now, I want to check how to establish a WLAN/ WIFI connection. via the same laptop. In this message I focus at one issue only: how to recognise a working WLAN device - either internal, or via a 'PCMCIA' card or via a USB 'dongle'? Is it possible to check via some terminal test wether the laptop has an internal WLAN card? In case I need to buy an external WLAN device - which kind works best: PCMCIA, USB dongle or anything else? Are there one or more tests allowing me to check wether such a device works properly? Thx. for replying. Respectfully yours, Bas. -- =============== Viaconsensus Bas G. Roufs M.A. Van 't Hoffstraat 1 NL-3514 VT Utrecht M. +31.6.446.835.10 T. +31.30.785.20.40 <a href="mailto:BasRoufs@gmail.com">BasRoufs@gmail.com</a> ===============