Macbook Air sees network, IBM PC does not.
My Macbook Air sees and connects to the network no problem.
My PC (IBM Thinkpad) see a bunch of wireless routers in the neighborhood except for my TC.
What am I missing?
Is there a setting in TC (Airport) that makes the network invisible to non Apple computer?
I now understand.
My TC radio mode was set to 802.11n only (5 GHz).
My IBM PC is b/g compatible only.
I changed the radio mode to 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible) and my IBM now sees my network.
New problem: When clicking on my network, my IBM returns a pop-up window:
"Windows is unable to connect to the selected network. The network may no longer be in range. Please refresh the list of available networks and try conect again".
But the signal is good.
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