NMGLugers, I just sent a note with two links, arstechnica and a second obscured one. The second link is not to the article I read, it goes to Realtek. I did not read their comments or solutions to this. I will look at them shortly. The title of the article I read is "Unpatched Linux bug may open devices to serious attacks over Wi-Fi" which might be worth a read. I will have to keep up with some source for the news on hardware issues. I don't currently follow any particular site for this. Thank you, Ted P