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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 00:19:23 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
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From:  "Philip R. Mann" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "BBF Tech. Support" <techsupport@bbfprinting.com>,
Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: WAP Broadcast, etc.

On Tue, 13 May 2003 23:37:34 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5, BBF Tech. Support wrote:

>THat's not the point - the point is he didn't need to know the SSID - his IMAC told him what it was.
>None of the PC based software I have seen , NetGear, Cisco, USR, does that - you need to know the SSID or you get nowhere..

That seems to be true only in OS/2 (or maybe it's non-MS OS's).

With Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 and XM, specifying "Any" [without quotation marks] results in all available networks being located by the card.  In addition, every wireless card I've seen (Linksys, IBM, ArTem, Proxim (or Prism) and Cisco) came with a Win utility permitting the user to see a list of available networks and specify SSID on the fly (I assume this eliminates interference that might exist when using "Any").  Wouldn't be surprised if other cards had similar utilities or for there to be Mac versions.

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