iPhone: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

The List of Hot Spots

At some street corners in big cities, Wi-Fi signals bleeding out of apartment buildings sometimes give you a choice of 20 or 30 hot spots to join. But whenever the iPhone invites you to join a hot spot, it suggests only a couple of them: the ones with the strongest signal and, if possible, no password requirement.

But you might sometimes want to see the complete list of available hot spots—maybe because the iPhone-suggested hot spot is flaky. To see the full list, from the Home screen, tap Settings→Wi-Fi. Tap the one you want to join, as shown below at right.