At 8/7/2011 10:03 PM, Jeffrey Race wrote:
>My T43 detects four networks, one ours and three
>of the neighbors', using IBM Access Connections.
>Wife's Acer also running WXP used to see them 
>also but now sees only "Free Public Wifi" which
>in fact is not there.

See: http://wlanbook.com/free-public-wifi-ssid/

Summary: True, it's not there.

In your wife's case, the wireless adapter might be off.  You wouldn't guess 
it's off because the phantom "Free Public Wifi" is distracting you.  I have 
observed this symptom in cases when the wireless adapter was disabled (perhaps 
by a physical toggle switch on the laptop).

- TK

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