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Estimating time to on-line with wifi:

I use ntpdate, and have /var/log/syslog re-activated.

You can use Synaptic to add ntpdate.

If you need to re-activate syslog, see my 'Tweak #3' at:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/threads...ghlight=syslog

I have added a hidden file '~/.bashrc, (in /home/knoppix) which contains:
alias sl='less /var/log/syslog'
alias timeto='sl|grep -m 1 ntpdate; sl|grep restart'

Open up a terminal to 80 columns, enter 'timeto' and look at the first 15 characters
in each of the two lines. If you subtract the minutes and seconds,
and disregard the (your.hrs) hours difference between (your.st)ST and GST,
then that is my estimate of the time it takes to get on-line with wifi.

Using 'Class 2' SanDisk SD Cards, I get about 43 seconds.
Class 2 means 2 Mb/sec minimum, but nominal r/w speed for these inexpensive cards
are not specified, nor guaranteed by SanDisk.