May 31
If you are on the road as much as I am you are not always able to get to the internet in a comfortable way. On a mac you are even more limited because the airport card doesnt scan that much. Now with coconut WIFI things get easier.
CoconutWiFi displays you a small aqua-bubble at the top of your screen which indicates whether you’re in range of a wireless network or not.The app also tells you if the wireless networks in your range are encrypted or open, so you won’t miss the next open wireless network any more.
There are some more nice apps. Those i will try to cover that in the upcoming posts.
Btw suggestions for nice software (preferable Open Source) are welcome.
May 31st, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Hi Robbert,
That’s a bit like iStumbler is it? One limitation with iStumbler is that it can’t directly connect to the wireless network. You need to manually connect via airport. Does Coconut allow you to connect directly?
June 1st, 2007 at 9:37 am
Yes it does
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Hi,
ive installed cocunut wifi but whenever i restart or shut down and turn my computer bac on the bubble disapears and i have to open up the app again to get it to reappear.. help!
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Hi John,
Check the preferences for the application, there might be a feature which starts the app at startup. Failing that, add it your login items (sys pref > accounts > login items) or right click on the dock icon at click on ‘open at login’