David Boles wrote: > | Useful no doubt, but no answer to the question that was actually raised, > | which was how one could find the chipset in a WiFi device. > > > The actual chip set numbers? Well since they can change from run to run I > would think that the best way would be to look at the device with a > magnifying glass and write them down. None of the many WiFi devices I own can be taken to pieces, at least not without damaging them. > Look I don't own a laptop. I don't want to own a laptop. I don't like > laptops. I don't have a WiFi system. I don't want anything to do with > WiFi system. So what does that mean? To me, it means you shouldn't give advice on something you claim proudly to know nothing about. > If you do then *you* need to do a > little research instead of expecting others to do all of the work for you. You are talking through your hat. I wasn't the OP, and don't expect anyone to do all the work for me, at least in this area. As I recall, somebody suggested the OP should look at "the HCL" to determine the chipset in WiFi devices, and I asked for elucidation on this, which I have not received. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland