Toshiba have nine configurations for this laptop listed on the website. I think likely as not you do have wirelss but the methods I described previously should help. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Harrison To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:51 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wireless connection to a laptop Sorry, George - I should have included that information in my original message. It is a SatellitePro A10 - rather elderly, but it still does what I need. Douglas On 6 Sep 2006 at 15:31, George Bell wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > What exactly is the model of Toshiba that you have? > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas > Harrison > Sent: 06 September 2006 15:13 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Wireless connection to a laptop > > I am trying to decide on a strategy for switching to > Broadband in the near future. > > Initially I will probably settle for a USB or ethernet > connection to the desktop machine, but for obvious reasons a > wireless connection to my Toshiba laptop would be > preferable. > > It seems that I could buy a router offering both wireless > and wired connectivity, but I cannot figure out whether the > laptop already has all that is required (after > configuration) to establish > the wireless connection or requires extra hardware such as > something in the PC card slot. > The Toshiba manual contains a large amount of information > about wireless connections but > I have yet to find an answer to my query. I thought that > the solution was to look in the XP > Device Manager but I am not really sure what I am looking > for. > > Any pointers would be much appreciated - it Is no doubt very > obvious that on anything to do with broadband and wireless I > am even more ignorant than on other computer related matters > (if that is possible!). > > Thanks in advance, > > > Douglas > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq