That link is news to me and very informative. Just what I'd hoped for from the friendly whizzes on this group. Wife's computer going again now. Thanks for your help!
On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:46:21 -0400, TK wrote: >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 > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
