Purchased this for our trips around the country and abroad, when lugging the larger laptops is to cumberson. Also because it has XP for the OS. Agree with the other reviewer who experienced difficulty getting connected to wireless LAN. CAT5 no problems. Remember, this Toshiba has no on/off wireless switch.
If you get "When you press the Fn+F8 'hotkey' combination to turn on Wi-Fi or another wireless device, you may see this message: "Wireless Communication is Disabled. Please Turn on The Wireless Communication Switch." This message is displayed if the Wireless Communication Switch is OFF.
This 'switch' is implemented in software on the NB205, and others, though on many other Toshiba models, the Wireless Communication Switch is a hardware switch.
You must use Fn+F8 to turn it on. Also experienced "The wireless communication was connected, the router had assigned an IP address, but the NB205 refused to get it." It sat at "acquiring IP address" until it timed out. After time on the phone with Toshiba rep :( , and Linksys Rep ;), finally had to reset password on the WRT54G and all was well. The enclosed manual is next to nothing, so go to: [...]
If you experience problems connecting wirelessly, I'd call your Router rep. Sorry, but Toshiba's rep wasn't that helpful.
Another idea, as I did, was to take the unit to Best Buy and see if the unit can access their wireless LAN. If it can then you might have a password issue at home between the NB205 and your router.
Overall very pleased with the simplicity and features. Perfect for the road if you don't need heavy MS Office features.Get more detail about Toshiba Mini NB205-N312/BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook - 9 Hour Battery Life.
