From: "Phil Parker" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Message-ID: <349206.41323.qm@smtp108.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:38:50 -0500
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
In-Reply-To: <list-2343368@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] invisible home WiFi


On 04/03/2010 at 11:46 PM, "Lewis G Rosenthal"
<os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:

>Do you have beaconing enabled in the router (is it broadcasting the  SSID)?
>If so, it should show up in the list of hotspots.

Well, that was part of the problem: ignorant me was trying "peer (ad hoc)"
instead of "public hotspots".

Why? Because the LAN is Peer and my WiFi is not public -- it's inaccessible
unless your MAC address is on the "OK" list.  I guess it's now "public" the
same way the inside of private businesses are.  "Public" has changed its
meaning to about the diametric opposite of what I learned in the '50s. I still
have trouble getting used to it.

Still no success, however. I select the correct SSID from a surprisingly long
list and click "connect" but get no confirmation or denial -- just silence and
no popups.

I assume it's supposed to tell me if it connects?

-- 
   Best wishes,
    Phil Parker
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