...However, it appears that Sony's internal wireless is rather...how shall we say...retrograde? Benighted? Antedeluvian? It has no support for any flavor of WPA..if you ain't WEP, you aint gonna be secure in Sony-land.

:-(

So, it appears I'll have to use my Dad's Linksys adapter card for home use (which does understand WPA), and the internal adapter when I haul this to work.

Thanks to the omniscient LRPD mind (once again) for the help and pointers...