This tutorial will guide you in using本教程将引导您在使用 iStumbler istumbler to find and connect to the best possible wireless connection while you’re out and about on the town.找到并连接到尽可能最佳的无线连接,而您出门在外,约于城市。
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.如果您经常使用您的Mac离家出走-在咖啡馆,公园,酒店或其他地方, i stumbler是一种工具,将让您的生活相当容易。 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是领先的无线发现的工具,适用于Mac OS X ,提供外挂程式寻找机场网络,蓝芽装置和Bonjour服务与您的Mac 。 It’s also free (donation-ware).它也是免费的(捐赠尔) 。
Using iStumbler使用istumbler
First and foremost, make sure you’ve首先,请确定您已经把 downloaded下载 and installed iStumbler.并安装istumbler 。 The installation is as straight forward as most Mac apps - unpackage it and drag it to your Applications folder.安装是直线前进,因为大部分的Mac应用服务-u npackage它,并将它拖曳到您的应用程序文件夹。
When you launch iStumbler it will immediately search for wireless networks, Bluetooth devices and Bonjour services.当您启动istumbler它将立即搜寻无线网络,蓝芽装置和Bonjour服务。 This guide will only deal with wireless networks.本指南将只处理与无线网络。 If you have如果您有 Growl growl installed it will start popping up notifications for all the networks/devices that iStumbler finds.安装它将开始出现,通知所有的网络/设备istumbler认定。

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窗口显示列出了所有可用的无线网络(当机场是选定的从左侧菜单中,这是默认值)和详细资料,每一个网络。
Allow it to run for a moment in order to discover every possible network.允许它运行一个时刻,以便发现一切可能的网络。 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.您可以按网络通过选择不同的标签-例如,如果您要连接到一个开放的网络,排序由安全,使所有的开放式网络分组在一起。
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,在上述的画面(虽然您可能需要放大) -i stumbler发现2 0个无线网络(我是@咖啡馆在温哥华) 。 At the exact same time, Apple’s default AirPort status monitor only found 6.在完全相同的时间,苹果电脑的默认机场状态监测发现,只有6 。

Select iStumbler from your menu, Preferences from the drop-down list and then choose the Airport tab.选择istumbler从您的菜单上, 偏好从下拉式列表,然后选择机场的标签。 By default, iStumbler will auto-connect to the “best” available network.默认情况下, istumbler会自动连接到“最佳”可用的网络。 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,我是在在的时候了一个非常强烈的信号,和最小的噪音,所以istumbler认为这是最好的。 However, it was being used by at least 20 other people, and was quite slow.不过,它是用至少20其他人,是相当缓慢。 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从重新连接到网络,我删除了检查,从自动选择最好的网络选项。
Choose the iStumbler tab from the top of the Preferences menu to review some of the other options.选择istumbler标签,从顶端的喜好设定功能表中审查的其他一些选项。 I’ve found that leaving the defaults is ideal, but you can try changing them to suit your personal needs.我发现离开默认是理想,但您可以尝试改变他们,以配合您的个人需要。
To manually join a network, select it from the list and click the join network button.以手动方式加入网络,选择它从清单中,并点击加入网络按钮。

iStumbler also includes a small (and transparent by default) Connection Monitor , which graphs the network that you’re connected to. istumbler还包括一小(和透明的默认情况下) 连线监视器 ,这图的网络您连接到。

There’s also a也有 Spectrum dashboard widget频谱的Dashboard widget that displays a virtual spectrum analyzer, allowing you to visually detect network radio frequency overlap.显示一个虚拟频谱分析仪,让您的视觉检测网络的无线电频率重叠。 Spectrum gets it’s information directly from iStumbler to provide you with the most accurate signal information available.频谱得到它的信息直接从istumbler为您提供最准确的信号提供的资料。




















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