On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote:

>   Just turned on the Toshiba and opened a terminal. The nm-applet icon on
> the panel keeps spinning. A left-click shows the local network AP (the
> Asus)
> as well as some of the neighbors'. A right-click tells me there's no
> connection.
>
>   Now and again a box pops up telling me that our local AP wants a
> passphrase. The one it displayed when the 'show password' box was checked
> was the admin password for the Asus, not the PSK. I changed that to the PSK
> and it still will not connect. Sigh.
>
>   I'm really out of ideas. The Toshiba finds and connects to the wireless
> AP
> at the Gresham Borders store so why won't it connect to the local AP it
> sees
> here?


Rich,
  I think it's still a security problem so you'll have to get somebody else
in the group to answer that. Wireless security is like door keys. The person
my door lock most often keeps out is me. Anybody who actually didn't care
about the door would just break right in.

Bill
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