From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   	Well I had them until I got to the SF-LUG meeting earlier   
   today but I don't seem to have them any longer.  I could seldom   
   connect lately to the coffee shop WiFi where we meet and when I   
   could connect I could not download my mail.  Usually Usenet came   
   though ok.  After the sketchily described procedures below I   
   was able to get both and as usual use Firefox to browse the Web.   
   	A couple of club members and friends helped me to repair   
   it as they have real skills and great knowledge of GNU/Linux.   
   	I run Mandriva 64 bit 2010.2 which started out as 2010.1   
   At some point the driver supplied for my AR5001 WiFi card   
   became broken.  This is on a Compaq Notebook with an Athlon X2.   
   	Daniel G. let me piggyback on his smart phone through   
   a USB connection so that I could get to the net.  We had   
   to blacklist the original driver and I already had the   
   requisite driver from previous attempts to fix the matter.   
   	Ken S. helped with the diagnosis and helped   
   identify the missing rfkill command which I used the smart   
   phone connection to download to my notebook.   
   	So if you are having trouble with the wifi card on   
   a notebook or similar machine you might want to look at the   
   driver and check Google to see if the driver you have been   
   using is one that has become a hindrance rather than an   
   tool.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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