Unable to connect at airport hotspots

Over the last month, I've now been in 3 airports where I was unable to get the public wireless system to recognize my machine and give me a chance to log in. With each (Berlin, Frankfurt, and Seville), the wireless connection was strong (full bars), but when I tried to trigger the probe, it did nothing. In two of these airports (Berlin and Frankfurt) I have never had any problems before. And in those two, I have experienced this problem multiple times. My system connects regularly to a local WLAN, and I am able to connect to some public hotspots (I'm in Madrid now, for example). So I'm wondering: has there been some kind of upgrade in wireless software that is disabling Macs?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Perhaps these two airports did something to their network since your last visit.
Perhaps there's a pamphlet/brochure/sign in those problem airports which you possibly overlooked.
Something else to try would be to restart the mac as you enter a new wireless network zone (I know...mac people never reboot. Try it.)
But from the three Berlin websites, there are some specifics (ranges, coverage maps).
http://www.berlin-airport.de/EN/ReisendeUndBesucher/AmFlughafen/WLAN/SXF/Technis cheFragen.html

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