X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 103178 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" X-Original-Message-ID: <46798EE9.5010201@2rosenthals.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:32:41 -0400 From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] It used to work... On 06/20/07 04:06 pm, Julian Thomas thus wrote : > In , on 06/16/07 > at 09:27 PM, "Lewis G Rosenthal" > typed: >However, this is a different issue (I believe) than what you are > >> experiencing, Julian, unless it has something to do with the beaconing. >> Are you broadcasting the SSID? If not, try turning it on and see if that >> makes a difference. >> > > Finally got back to this today, after I had the machine with me in a very > nice MD office where I had to wait a while (MJ's appointmnet) and > discovered that they had wifi in the waiting room. It connected right up > when I clicked "hotspot" in XWLAN. > > Back home now, I got the same mess; XWLAN turned a muddy kakhi color and > nothing happened. I finally enabled ssid broadcast and it started > working. > > I'm not sure I understand why it had previously worked and then stopped > with the SSID broadcast disabled. I've again set it to allow only a > selected list of MAC addresses, and it's still OK. > > > This is probably my issue at my client with WPA2. I'll try enabling beaconing and check it again (when I'm back up in NY in two weeks). Odd behavior, that's for sure. -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=