On Jan 26, 2008 6:18 PM, fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > > That said, I'm hoping someone can help me learn a little bit... > Specifically, could a laptop running Centos 5.1 be expected to (be able > to) connect to a wireless access point using WPA2 security settings? The short answer is "yes." The longer answer is "it depends on how well-supported by the current set of drivers is your wireless NIC." You might try looking at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops for your model or one like it.