31. A computer program product, comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising: at least one instruction for causing a computer to retrieve character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for an access point broadcasting a wireless beacon, the wireless beacon comprising a service set identification information element comprising a service set identification for the access point; at least one instruction for causing the computer to identify at least one field in the wireless beacon associated with the service set identification in which to encode the character set information; at least one instruction for causing the computer to embed the character set information in the at least one field of the wireless beacon for decoding by one or more wireless stations receiving the wireless beacon to display the non-Unicode character set in Unicode format for selection of a network connection; and at least one instruction for causing the computer to pack at least a portion of the service set identification information element in the wireless beacon according to the non-Unicode character set.
31. A computer program product, comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising: at least one instruction for causing a computer to retrieve character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for an access point broadcasting a wireless beacon, the wireless beacon comprising a service set identification information element comprising a service set identification for the access point; at least one instruction for causing the computer to identify at least one field in the wireless beacon associated with the service set identification in which to encode the character set information; at least one instruction for causing the computer to embed the character set information in the at least one field of the wireless beacon for decoding by one or more wireless stations receiving the wireless beacon to display the non-Unicode character set in Unicode format for selection of a network connection; and at least one instruction for causing the computer to pack at least a portion of the service set identification information element in the wireless beacon according to the non-Unicode character set. 40. The computer program product of claim 31 , further comprising at least one instruction for causing a computer to receive an authentication frame from at least one station to establish a connection to the access point.