How to find the best available wireless connection using OS X如何找到最佳的可用的無線連接使用OS X的

by Ross McKillop on June 30, 2007 Ross麥基洛普 2007年6月30日

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This tutorial will guide you in using本教程將引導您在使用 iStumbler istumbler to find and connect to the best possible wireless connection while you’re out and about on the town.找到並連接到盡可能最佳的無線連接,而您出門在外,約於城市。

If you frequently use your Mac away from home - in coffee shops, parks, hotels or elsewhere, iStumbler is a tool that will make your life considerably easier.如果您經常使用您的Mac離家出走-在咖啡館,公園,酒店或其他地方, i stumbler是一種工具,將讓您的生活相當容易。 iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X, providing plugins for finding AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices and Bonjour services with your Mac. istumbler是領先的無線發現的工具,適用於Mac OS X ,提供外掛程式尋找機場網絡,藍芽裝置和Bonjour服務與您的Mac 。 It’s also free (donation-ware).它也是免費的(捐贈爾) 。

Using iStumbler使用istumbler

First and foremost, make sure you’ve首先,請確定您已經把 downloaded下載 and installed iStumbler.並安裝istumbler 。 The installation is as straight forward as most Mac apps - unpackage it and drag it to your Applications folder.安裝是直線前進,因為大部分的Mac應用服務-u npackage它,並將它拖曳到您的應用程序文件夾。

When you launch iStumbler it will immediately search for wireless networks, Bluetooth devices and Bonjour services.當您啟動istumbler它將立即搜尋無線網絡,藍芽裝置和Bonjour服務。 This guide will only deal with wireless networks.本指南將只處理與無線網絡。 If you have如果您有 Growl growl installed it will start popping up notifications for all the networks/devices that iStumbler finds.安裝它將開始出現,通知所有的網絡/設備istumbler認定。

growl

The main iStumbler window displays a list of all available wireless networks (when AirPort is selected from the left menu, which is the default) and detailed information about each network.主要istumbler窗口顯示列出了所有可用的無線網絡(當機場是選定的從左側菜單中,這是默認值)和詳細資料,每一個網絡。
Allow it to run for a moment in order to discover every possible network.允許它運行一個時刻,以便發現一切可能的網絡。 You can sort networks by selecting the various tabs - for example if you want to connect to an open network, sort by the Secure so all of the open networks are grouped together.您可以按網絡通過選擇不同的標籤-例如,如果您要連接到一個開放的網絡,排序由安全,使所有的開放式網絡分組在一起。

istumbler主窗口
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As you can see in the above screenshot (though you might need to enlarge it) - iStumbler found 20 wireless networks (I was @ a coffee shop in Vancouver).正如你可以看到,在上述的畫面(雖然您可能需要放大) -i stumbler發現2 0個無線網絡(我是@咖啡館在溫哥華) 。 At the exact same time, Apple’s default AirPort status monitor only found 6.在完全相同的時間,蘋果電腦的默認機場狀態監測發現,只有6 。

機場菜單

Select iStumbler from your menu, Preferences from the drop-down list and then choose the Airport tab.選擇istumbler從您的菜單上, 偏好從下拉式列表,然後選擇機場的標籤。 By default, iStumbler will auto-connect to the “best” available network.默認情況下, istumbler會自動連接到“最佳”可用的網絡。 The coffee shop that I was in at the time had a very strong signal and minimal noise, so iStumbler considered it the best.咖啡店,我是在在的時候了一個非常強烈的信號,和最小的噪音,所以istumbler認為這是最好的。 However, it was being used by at least 20 other people, and was quite slow.不過,它是用至少20其他人,是相當緩慢。 So to keep iStumbler from re-connecting to that network, I removed the check from the Auto-Select Best Network option.因此,保持istumbler從重新連接到網絡,我刪除了檢查,從自動選擇最好的網絡選項。

istumbler機場偏好
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Choose the iStumbler tab from the top of the Preferences menu to review some of the other options.選擇istumbler標籤,從頂端的喜好設定功能表中審查的其他一些選項。 I’ve found that leaving the defaults is ideal, but you can try changing them to suit your personal needs.我發現離開默認是理想,但您可以嘗試改變他們,以配合您的個人需要。

istumbler偏好
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To manually join a network, select it from the list and click the join network button.以手動方式加入網絡,選擇它從清單中,並點擊加入網絡按鈕。

istumbler加入網絡按鈕

iStumbler also includes a small (and transparent by default) Connection Monitor , which graphs the network that you’re connected to. istumbler還包括一小(和透明的默認情況下) 連線監視器 ,這圖的網絡您連接到。

istumbler連線監視器

There’s also a也有 Spectrum dashboard widget頻譜的Dashboard widget that displays a virtual spectrum analyzer, allowing you to visually detect network radio frequency overlap.顯示一個虛擬頻譜分析儀,讓您的視覺檢測網絡的無線電頻率重疊。 Spectrum gets it’s information directly from iStumbler to provide you with the most accurate signal information available.頻譜得到它的信息直接從istumbler為您提供最準確的信號提供的資料。

istumbler的Dashboard widget

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