If no other WLANs are found at step 614, the wireless device compares the received information with stored information in storage elements 506 and 508 (step 624 of FIG. 6). Next, either a manual mode of network selection or an automatic mode of network selection is identified for the wireless device (step 626 of FIG. 6). If the automatic mode is identified at step 626, a desired network is automatically selected by the wireless device for communication based on the comparison of step 624 (step 632 of FIG. 6). If the manual mode is identified at step 626, the wireless device visually displays the available and allowed networks to the end user (step 628 of FIG. 6). The end user then selects a network through the user interface of the wireless device, and this signals the state to the network selector (step 630 of FIG. 6) and the desired network is selected for communication at step 632.
