comp.os.linux.networking

> If someday I get into one of those places again, I'll try to do those
> steps (just adding the part which is needed to use wpa) to see if it
> fixes the issue.

I have WPA installed on this laptop now (and have no ideal if and how it
works). Even though I have to setup mode, rate, essid, key, channel, mtu,
and sometimes IP (local library). I still consider that better than
having to hack the windows registry to change the MTU size. (and do so
differently between different OS versions and interfaces). Even though
iwconfig and ifconfig get worked to prep dhclient3 I still consider that
better IMO. By no means perfect, but neither is that other thing.