In a nutshell you are talking about two different things – WAN and WiFi. WAN is a Wide Area Network, which can be setup using WiFi (wireless networking) as the connection method. Trent. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Your Ipaq has WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network - or WiFi as Trent explained). You can take your Ipaq to these 'Hot spots' (in the US they have them at every Starbucks) to get access to the Internet, email etc... etc... Kinda handy if you need a coffee and net access :lol: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And I know when I'm in a "hotspot" how??? So basically - it's a pretty useless feature unless I'm drinking sh!t coffee in America???