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From: Fred McKenzie on 8 Apr 2010 01:21
In article <8214j4Fef8U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to find out which network you are connected to using
> iStumber?
>
> Problem: I am in a hotel and there are half a dozen hotspots all called
> "Hotel name" with no way to distinguish them. There are two of pretty
> similar strength so if I connect to one using the airport icon in the
> menu bar, which one do I actually get?

Bruce-

That sounds like an installation where several widely dispersed WiFi
base stations serve the hotel.

If I understand it, your computer will connect to the one with the
strongest signal. If you move so you lose the connection, your AirPort
will automatically connect to a stronger one. If that is the case, it
doesn't matter which one you are connecting to. They are all equivalent.

Although iStumbler gives the MAC address of each base station, it
doesn't seem to tell you which one you are connected to. As Chris
mentioned, you can see which MAC address (BSSID) you are connected to by
option-clicking the AirPort symbol in your menu bar. (That works under
10.6, but I'm not sure about 10.5.)

Fred
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