21. A wireless system, comprising: wireless interface means to at least one wireless station means in wireless range of access point means; and processor means, communicating with the at least one station via the wireless interface, the processor means being configured to: retrieve character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for the access point means, the access point means 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 means; 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 means 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.
21. A wireless system, comprising: wireless interface means to at least one wireless station means in wireless range of access point means; and processor means, communicating with the at least one station via the wireless interface, the processor means being configured to: retrieve character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for the access point means, the access point means 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 means; 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 means 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. 25. The system of claim 21 , wherein embedding the character set information comprises embedding the character set information in a vendor-specific information element.