Comments on David Alison's Blog: Mac: How to find WiFi

@Jango74: Sounds interesting. Feel free to drop me...

2008-04-28T07:27:20.972-04:00

@Jango74: Sounds interesting. Feel free to drop me a line to chat about it. I can be reached at dralison at gmail.

Good to see you're still enjoying using your Mac.W...

2008-04-28T06:22:45.881-04:00

Good to see you're still enjoying using your Mac.
Would you mind if I translated your posts(related to mac) into other language? Actually there're some guys in Korea who enjoy your posts. They'd be happy to see your blog in Korean.

@Amir: Interesting find. I had never heard of them...

2008-04-07T08:14:10.855-04:00

@Amir: Interesting find. I had never heard of them before. Thanks!

Hey David - I downloaded this really cool piece of...

2008-04-07T05:12:50.493-04:00

Hey David - I downloaded this really cool piece of software called WeFi. it's much nicer than the airport, plus it connects automatically to hotspots and checks whether they have internet on them (and not all the dead ones, which make you happy for a second and then all bummed again when you realized you ran into a wall ;). they also have wifi maps on their site (www.wefi.com), so it can help you see where to look.

@walkerj: Thanks man - I always love the wandering...

2008-04-02T22:30:20.651-04:00

@walkerj: Thanks man - I always love the wandering WiFi stories. I agree, the MacBook does seem to get a better signal than my older Dell and HP laptops - at least it seems it does.

Don't feel like an idiot walking around with a bri...

2008-04-02T17:28:10.577-04:00

Don't feel like an idiot walking around with a bright white Macbook looking for a signal. Back when my wife was in the hospital in Philadelphia she could get a signal from someone's open linksys router in a dorm across the street from her hospital room, but in other parts of the hospital you couldn't. So when I'd visit I'd go down to the parking structure where you could get a signal if you stood in this one corner of the parking structure.

So if you were driving into the parking structure of this big city hospital back in March of last year, you'd occasionally see this guy standing in the corner of the parking structure by the elevators with a bright white Macbook typing away while taxis, buses, and traffic went by below.

Also you will find that the Macbook has about the most tenacious wireless 'grabbing' of any computer I've used. I can get wireless where other computers cannot; like this one hotel I stayed at in NJ where others with Dells had to go out into the lobby I was able to happily access the hotel's wifi from the conference room I was working.

Only reason I'm posting anonymous is because I don't have any of the other ID's you have on your blog. I'm known on the Mac Forums as walkerj. ;)

hold down 'alt' when clicking on the airport menu,...

2008-04-02T04:31:46.059-04:00

hold down 'alt' when clicking on the airport menu, you can see more information!

@William: Thanks for the tip. Playing with it now....

2008-04-02T02:06:34.596-04:00

@William: Thanks for the tip. Playing with it now. Looks good.

iStumbler is great for WiFi and bluetooth.

2008-04-01T22:50:36.933-04:00

iStumbler is great for WiFi and bluetooth.