ALSO this time I tried for a few minutes then I got tired of no connection so after awhile I disconnected the nowhere_man AP from the router and plugged it in just a few feet away from the laptop. It connected easily.
IMPORTANT -- the only difference with the good connect here was moving the access point within a few feet of the laptop.
per comment 114 this time I got good logs
ALSO this time I tried for a few minutes then I got tired of no connection so after awhile I disconnected the nowhere_man AP from the router and plugged it in just a few feet away from the laptop. It connected easily.
IMPORTANT -- the only difference with the good connect here was moving the access point within a few feet of the laptop.