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Richy_T · 08-10-2017, 05:16 PM

Well, it's not a corporate restaurant, just a little Puerto-Rican restaurant in the south side of downtown Nashville.

The free wifi was not an option. There was *nothing* in the scanning list. I couldn't see any hotspots, free or otherwise, secure or otherwise (though I and others could from their phones). I couldn't even download a book. The hotspot on Android is not an "unknown manner", it is a well known and understood part of the OS (it is disabled by the carrier on some phones but not mine) and one that I have used many times and tested specifically with the Kindle before departing my home.

At this point, I'm just going to wait and see for next month. I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't happen again but we will see. I will be sure to have my laptop with me and will allocate enough time that I can do some more in-depth debugging.

One thing that stands out is that it seemed like there was a non-alphanumeric character in one of the available hotspot's names. Seems unlikely though. I'll give it a try anyway. (nope, not that)

knc1, I'll definitely give those a try. I'll probably accumulate more tools on the kindle as I go but it's pretty clean right now.

08-10-2017, 05:16 PM	#20
Richy_T Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: kindles of all kinds	Well, it's not a corporate restaurant, just a little Puerto-Rican restaurant in the south side of downtown Nashville. The free wifi was not an option. There was nothing in the scanning list. I couldn't see any hotspots, free or otherwise, secure or otherwise (though I and others could from their phones). I couldn't even download a book. The hotspot on Android is not an "unknown manner", it is a well known and understood part of the OS (it is disabled by the carrier on some phones but not mine) and one that I have used many times and tested specifically with the Kindle before departing my home. At this point, I'm just going to wait and see for next month. I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't happen again but we will see. I will be sure to have my laptop with me and will allocate enough time that I can do some more in-depth debugging. One thing that stands out is that it seemed like there was a non-alphanumeric character in one of the available hotspot's names. Seems unlikely though. I'll give it a try anyway. (nope, not that) knc1, I'll definitely give those a try. I'll probably accumulate more tools on the kindle as I go but it's pretty clean right now. Last edited by Richy_T; 08-10-2017 at 05:30 PM.