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buckawheat
Jun 13, 2009, 01:35 PM
I use a macbook air Rev A and one thing has driven me crazy since I switched from Win PCs - I have not been able to find a utility/app/way to look at wireless networks available in an area.
On a PC you can see if a network is B, G, N or A, but on a mac, using stumbler, etc, you can see information about signal, but not an indication of the type of network.

Is there some way that I can either see if networks are B, G, N or A on a macbook air or tell if they are 11mbps (B) vs. 130mbps or more (N) and all others in between?


haiggy
Jun 13, 2009, 02:21 PM
I use a macbook air Rev A and one thing has driven me crazy since I switched from Win PCs - I have not been able to find a utility/app/way to look at wireless networks available in an area.
On a PC you can see if a network is B, G, N or A, but on a mac, using stumbler, etc, you can see information about signal, but not an indication of the type of network.

Is there some way that I can either see if networks are B, G, N or A on a macbook air or tell if they are 11mbps (B) vs. 130mbps or more (N) and all others in between?

If I'm not mistaken this will be a feature in the $29 upgrade to Snow Leopard.
Just hold tight a while longer!
skye12
Jun 13, 2009, 04:25 PM
You can open up airport utility and doubleclick on the router pic and it'll
tell you most everything. Channel, number of devices connected and whether its a b,g or n.
buckawheat
Jun 14, 2009, 01:38 AM
You can open up airport utility and doubleclick on the router pic and it'll
tell you most everything. Channel, number of devices connected and whether its a b,g or n.

I should clarify, none of these access points are airport. I did not know that the airport utility allowed you to see this on mac wireless gear, Thanks!
dehory
Jun 14, 2009, 10:56 AM
I use a macbook air Rev A and one thing has driven me crazy since I switched from Win PCs - I have not been able to find a utility/app/way to look at wireless networks available in an area.
On a PC you can see if a network is B, G, N or A, but on a mac, using stumbler, etc, you can see information about signal, but not an indication of the type of network.

Is there some way that I can either see if networks are B, G, N or A on a macbook air or tell if they are 11mbps (B) vs. 130mbps or more (N) and all others in between?

Take a look at Kismac (http://trac.kismac-ng.org/).