Problem moving a laptop between two networks

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Sat, 2011-01-01 at 15:56 -0600, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> > 
> Well I just returned from a visit with my son... His network still is not 
> visible to me and I am still not able to connect, it is frustrating as all get 
> out, to say the least.
> 
> I did find out that he does NOT broadcast his ESSID and uses Network Manager we 
> are both running Ubuntu 10.04.1 (as I said in my earlier messages).

Broadcasting the ESSID is what makes the network "visible". You likely
need to enter the ESSID manually and then authenticate via whatever
method the network uses. 

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