Re: [NTLK] WaveLAN Setup Questions

On Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 2:18 am R A Parker wrote:

> You can leave SSID blank if your campus has an open network (i.e. broadcasts the SSID for your Newton to pickup).
 
I'm probably using the wrong geekspeek here. When no SSID is specified, the "Newton" doesn't pickup the SSID, per se. However, that is a primary function of the Wifi card, to connect to the first available SSID that it can find being broadcasted.

Of course, unless the Wifi driver actually queries the card, which (I believe) the Newton does not, you'll never know what SSID you have connected to.

Ron

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