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From: Bruce Horrocks on 6 Apr 2010 12:08 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 Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Chris Ridd on 6 Apr 2010 12:16 On 2010-04-06 17:08:09 +0100, Bruce Horrocks said: > 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? Match the BSSID you see when opt-clicking the wireless menu, against the ones in iStumbler? I'm pretty sure the same names will still have different BSSIDs. -- Chris
From: Bruce Horrocks on 6 Apr 2010 20:16 On 06/04/2010 17:16, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-04-06 17:08:09 +0100, Bruce Horrocks said: > >> 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? > > Match the BSSID you see when opt-clicking the wireless menu, against the > ones in iStumbler? I'm pretty sure the same names will still have > different BSSIDs. Thanks Chris, they do indeed have different names. The problem now is that the 'connect' button in iStumbler doesn't force disconnect the access point that the Mac has decided to connect to. I have to 'Turn Airport Off' and then On and then click the desired access point in iStumbler tp get it to connect. -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Apr 2010 20:22 On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:16:57 +0100, Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: >On 06/04/2010 17:16, Chris Ridd wrote: >> On 2010-04-06 17:08:09 +0100, Bruce Horrocks said: >> >>> 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? >> >> Match the BSSID you see when opt-clicking the wireless menu, against the >> ones in iStumbler? I'm pretty sure the same names will still have >> different BSSIDs. > >Thanks Chris, they do indeed have different names. The problem now is >that the 'connect' button in iStumbler doesn't force disconnect the >access point that the Mac has decided to connect to. I have to 'Turn >Airport Off' and then On and then click the desired access point in >iStumbler tp get it to connect. I'm mildly intrigued as to why you care - the general idea of those identically-named hotel wifi APs is that they all act the same. Or has one of them failed and no longer useful to connect to? Cheers - Jaimie -- "Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others." - Groucho Marx
From: Bruce Horrocks on 7 Apr 2010 13:12
On 07/04/2010 01:22, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > I'm mildly intrigued as to why you care - the general idea of those > identically-named hotel wifi APs is that they all act the same. > > Or has one of them failed and no longer useful to connect to? The hotel doesn't really have enough bandwidth. Sometimes, when too many are trying to use WiFi you get dropped. Because the signal to noise ratio is now so poor (I presume) the Mac re-connects to a different access point - one that had a momentarily stronger signal but will soon be worse again. What I really want is a way to pick one of the access points and have the Mac use that one only. And on that related note, why does Snow Leopard provide the option to rename an access point/network but then do nothing with it? Example: connect to WiFi and go to System Preferences -> Airport -> Advanced (you need to be admin for this) -> tick 'Remember networks this computer has joined' and the names appear in the list above. You can edit the name by clicking on the pencil icon. But then what? The new name isn't shown anywhere. -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com) |