Don, If you're USB adapter is supported in linux, it should "just work." You should be able to check the output of dmesg to see if the hotplug system found your USB network adapter and the driver for it. A quick google search should tell you if your USB network adapter works in Linux. In general, Linux doesn't view a wireless network adapter any differently than a normal network adapter. Just need to add SSID and your WPA info and you're off and running. Before purchasing hardware, start by searching. http://www.google.com/linux Keep in mind you'll usually pay a little more for hardware that works in Linux. Before you gawk at the price tags, keep in mind you usually get better quality hardware. :) I recently purchased two PC Cads from CDW. Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless CardBus Adapter (CDW part #578730) Proxim ORiNOCO 11b/g PC Card Gold (CDW part #634350) Both work like a champ in Linux. Proxim has a PCI card that should work as well. When shopping and checking compatiblity, avoid cards that use ndiswrapper if you can, as these cards don't have real Linux drivers. ndiswrapper lets you use the ndis drivers in Linux. ndis drivers are usually used for performing network operating system installations. Many people have had success with ndiswrapper, but I perfer to support hardware vendors that are Linux friendly. :) Another option I've used in the past is to get a Wireless Ethernet Bridge. These devices are commonly sold to XBox, TiVo, PlayStation2, and others who have a device with an ethernet card but no wireless support. I think they are great solutions for a Linux desktop. I reccomend the Moterola Wireless Ethernet Bridge WE800G or SMC EZ Connect g SMCWEBT-G. These are the only devices I've found that support WPA encryption. Setting up these bridges is easy. You set your ethernet card to a static IP, pull up the devices web config, enter the info for your wireless network, save. Then configure your ethernet card for DHCP again and you're off and running on your wireless network. I use these at work because we have technology impared customers who have laptops but not wireless cards. Instead of loaning them a wireless card which they may not be able to install drivers for, we give them the bridge device and they are off and running on our guest wireless network. Slick! You can also connect the bridge to a swich and connect mutiple clients to the swich and you'll be off and running. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue >0; 0 rows returned