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The device manager on my old laptop showed a yellow triangle next to “802.11n WLAN Adapter.” Code 10. The driver wouldn’t start.

When I played it back, slowed down, it wasn’t Morse.

Gateway: 169.254.0.1.

It was two in the morning. My coffee was cold. My deadline for the server migration notes was tomorrow, and the Ethernet port had died six months ago.

Networks appeared. Mine. The neighbor’s. And one I’d never seen: FREE_PUBLIC_WIFI .

The laptop stayed on.