[headbirth]

Hey, just thought I would pass this along.

I use several public Wi-Fi networks as well as hose of other family members and have found on occasion that Airport my MacBook Pro will see the connection and report a strong signal but will not connect.

A nice German fellow using a PC pointed out to me that he right clicks on his wieless connection icon and chooses repair and the system will update the IP address or some such thing.

I went into my Netwok settings PrefPane and did some looking and found a Renew DHCP Lease button in the TCIP tab. Pushing it a few times as well as deleating the connction from my Favorites list go me connected.

Anyone have an easier fix for this instances?

[bmcgonag]

Nope, you've pretty much got it. Sometimes a wireless ip handed out through DHCP is kept by the computer. The computer, in order to reconnect faster to the same network, will ask if it can use the same ip...but when you switch networks, this request can cause a hang...and thus you have to do exactly what you did.

Best,

Brian