I don't think so. OS2008 did make connecting to my school network much more reliable. It used to work great with os2006 and os2007 but I think the school changed stuff over the summer. The network uses peap mschapv2. I had to add this connection through connectivity settings to access the advanced settings. I enabled "manual user name" and entered my user name. I also entered the certificate manager and my school's root certificate trusted for WLAN. This may be only to eliminate a warning. The "manual user name" is required for successful connection to this network under any os.