Tag Archive for 'wireless'

Wifi Trick at the St. Louis Airport

June 2nd, 2008 by admin

So, I’m returning to DC from the AAS today (a bit earlier than some). I found something interesting – the Boingo-run wifi hotspots at the St. Louis airport offer 15 free minutes to iPhone users, if you watch an ad. What I discovered is 2 things: They determine you’re on an iPhone via user-agent strings [...]

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Airport Menu Trick in Leopard

December 2nd, 2007 by admin

Via Daring Fireball, Tidbits has an interesting article on the new Airport Menu in Leopard. While I noticed the new “lock” icon that shows if a network is encrypted or not, the holding-down-option-key trick I did not know about. I like that it shows the transmission rate so you can tell if the connected station [...]

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