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    strange wireless problem

    I was recently at a coffee shop in town that offers free wifi. I had two laptops with me, one brand new HP pavilion dv7 running Kubuntu 8.1 and the other a mac powerbook g4 running Kubuntu gutsy. I also have a nokia n810. While there neither laptop could detect a wireless network! My n810 detected and connected with no problem. I could not even manually configure a network connection. Any ideas why this would be?

    I am at my house right now using my wireless network on the HP with no issues.
    I tried Enlightenment once, it was pretty cool.
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    If you are using Knetworkmanager, it should see any nearby broadcast. I have several neighbors whose wifi shows up on my machine. I don't tap the free goodness that some of them offer!!
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      yes i am using knetworkmanager on one of the machines. this is the issue. how is it that my nokia n810 picks up the network and the mac and HP don't?
      I tried Enlightenment once, it was pretty cool.
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