I got the last release of Mepis in my laptop (Presario 3000). I connect to the network of my college by a 802.11b wireless lan. I want to know what things I need to do to connect to the wireless network connection with linux.

Your laptop should have a "PC" slot. There are several cards out there that will work, but, for my money, you can't beat the Proxism Orinoco Gold card. If there is 802.11b in the classroom, the Gold card will have no problem picking it up, provided Mepis has the Prism 2 modules in place to support it.

Here's a really helpful list...

http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html

Here's more on the "Gold card"...

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getpr...473f4a5012ca81f

Good luck..

But my laptop came with one inside (802.11b).
Can I use it?

Look for it in that list and see if it's supported. What kind is it?

Vendor: LAN-Express
W-LAN Type: 802.11B
Product ID: ?
Host I/F: USB
Chipset: Prism2/2.5/3
User/Vendor Report: Linux-wlan-ng
Comments: vendor id 0xbb2 product id 0x302

Then you should be in business. This from the Mepis handbook...

October 5
Found minor bug in MCC Network that could affect start at boot.
Added more explanations in MCC Network messages.
Added wlan0 config for Prism2 WiFi users.

http://www.mepis.org/node/view/153

And what that means ;(

It means everything should work for you!