Can't connect to unprotected wifi

[Jerry Lapham]

> On Saturday 03 January 2009 10:41:56 pm jerry Lapham wrote:
> > I took my Acer Aspire 3002LCi laptop to a friends house and tried to
> > connect to her  Linksys router.  Wicd found it marked as uprotected but
> > when I tried to connect Wicd showed it waiting on an IP until it timed
> > out.
> >
> > I have no trouble connecting to my D-Link DI-524 wireless router at home
> > or to routers at several motels.

I posted the above back in January.  Since that time I've been in a couple of 
motels with unprotected wifi and haven't been able to connect to them either.  
I still have no trouble connecting to my router at home with either WEP or WPA 
encryption.  So why can't I connect to unprotected routers elsewhere?

It's really frustrating.  Occasionally a neighbor's unprotected router shows 
up in wicd with about a 33% signal strength and I can't connect to it either.  
I don't know whether that's a good test with such a low signal strength or 
not.  Is there any way to see what's going on while wicd is waiting for an IP?

Thanks,

	-Jerry
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Jerry Lapham
Monroe, OH  45050
rjlapham at gmail.com
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