Wireless information on a Mac

[buckawheat]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.