I know this is a bit tenuous, but a friend rented a vacation house that came with WiFi. He powered up his X220, selected the owner's SSID, and entered the WPA key. Connected no problem.
Meanwhile, we cannot connect Android (3 tried) nor an iPod (1 tried). In all those cases it fails authentication. Next time I visit I may take two more ThinkPads to test. It's just a simple Cisco E2500 router. I suggested he ask the homeowner for admin password, or for the guest password, but I'm curious and concerned. I'm 99% sure it's not MAC filtering (the obvious choice) because the homeowner isn't a techie and the friend said he just connected, they didn't do anything beforehand. I also tried disconnecting his ThinkPad from the net, in case they had a weird "1 address only" DHCP config, and I tried static IP with my phone (though expect I didn't have the DNS right, I figured it should still connect to the router and I wasn't worried about Internet Access at that point). Nothing worked. Is there anything else that might, or some uniqueness about ThinkPads or the X220 that would explain the ease of connection? Thanks! - - Andrew mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
