20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive an authentication frame from at least one wireless station to establish a connection to the access point.
11. A wireless system, comprising: a wireless interface to at least one wireless station in wireless range of an access point; and a processor, communicating with the at least one station via the wireless interface, the processor being configured to: retrieve character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for the access point, the access point being configured to broadcast a wireless beacon, the wireless beacon comprising a service set identification information element comprising a service set identification for the access point; identify at least one field in the wireless beacon associated with the service set identification in which to encode the character set information; embed the character set information in the at least one field of the wireless beacon for decoding by at least one wireless station receiving the wireless beacon to display the non-Unicode character set in Unicode format for selection of a network connection; and pack at least a portion of the service set identification information element in the wireless beacon according to the non-Unicode character set.