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AirPort Radar is a free and convenient tool for quickly scanning the area for AirPort and other wireless networks. It will work with AirPort cards, MacWireless 11g PC Cards, and 11g PCI cards. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is required.
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Some users prefer the previous style of AirPort Radar - it can be downloaded here: Download v1.1.1
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Signal Strength at a Glance - Visual signal meters tell you the strength of the AirPort signal for an easy-to-read radar screen.
Sortable Network List - Click on a category to sort the list of networks by that category. Click on the radio waves symbol to sort by signal strength.
Connect to Open Networks - By simply clicking on the name you can connect to any network that is not password protected.
Remember Lost Networks - When a network falls "below radar" it won't disappear from your radar screen right away. This is particularly useful when a network is right on the threshold - with AirPort Radar it won't jump on and off the radar screen, it will just turn grey temporarily while it is too weak to connect to. You can choose how many scans a lost network stays on-screen with the "Scan Memory" setting on the back side of the widget.
Auto-Resizing for Various List Lengths - The AirPort Radar widget will automatically resize itself to accomodate longer or shorter lists of wireless networks. If the list grows longer than the maximum, a scrollbar will appear. |
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Widget Front Side
Widget Back Side
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Installation:
Safari - Delete any previous versions of AirPort Radar that you have on your computer. Download AirPort Radar. Safari will automatically install the Widget for you. Open Dashboard, then click the plus symbol in the lower left corner. Click on the AirPort Radar icon to activate it.
Other Browsers - Delete any previous versions of AirPort Radar that you have on your computer. Download AirPort Radar, then unzip the download. Put the widget into your Widgets folder, either "Library > Widgets" or "(Home) > Library > Widgets". Open Dashboard, then click the plus symbol in the lower left corner. Click on the AirPort Radar icon to activate it.
Uninstallation:
1. Open Dashboard and click on the plus icon in the lower left corner. 
2. Click on the "Manage Widgets..." button.
 3. Find AirPort Radar and click the red minus button to the right of it to uninstall the widget, or uncheck the checkbox to the left to temporarily disable it.
If you have any feedback or feature requests, please use this feedback form.
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v1.1.5 - 8 March 2007
- Fixed Bugs
- Fixed scaling of signal bars to fill
the widget's width when at maximum.
- Fixed bug where a ghost base station would appear under certain conditions.
v1.1.4 - 1 March 2007
- Fixed Bugs
- Added duplicate remover function to resolve Intel 10.4.8 duplicate listings issue.
- Fixed bug that prevented joining open networks by clicking on network name.
- New Features
- Added tiny indicator below AirPort symbol that lights up when scan is occurring.
- Changed resize from automatic to manual to provide a consistently sized widget.
v1.1.1 - 5 July 2006 - download
- Bugfix Release
- Fixed instance when only the top half of the widget's back would display.
- Changed so that when connected to a base station, other base stations with the same network name will not display as active.
v1.1 - 27 June 2006
- Improved display of high number of wireless networks.
- User definable maximum display height.
- Scrollbar appears when list becomes longer than maximum height.
- Displays error message when AirPort has not been configured.
v1.0.3 - 4 April 2006
- Universal Binary release - now works with Intel-based Macs.
v1.0.2 - 30 June 2005
- Fixed bug where certain base stations would incorrectly be displayed as encrypted.
- Added AirPort power on/off button to backside of widget.
- Added sorting indicator.
- Fixed various minor display bugs.
v1.0.1 - 23 June 2005
- Bug fix release.
- Fixed several Javascript exceptions.
- AirPort Radar will now tell you if it is not installed properly.
v1.0 - 14 June 2005 |
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Issue: Network or Computer performance is sluggish or interrupted when AirPort Radar is active.
Solution: In AirPort Radar's preferences, increase the Scan Interval. Each time a scan is performed network and computer resources are taken up, which can cause problems and interruptions in network traffic, causing problems with bandwidth heavy applications such as AirTunes. Increasing the time between scans (Scan Interval) can alleviate this issue. Try an interval of 10 seconds and see if that is enough to resolve the problem.
v1.1.1 - 5 July 2006
- Clicking on network name will not connect to open access points.
- Upgrading Intel-based Macintosh models to OS 10.4.8 will cause AirPort Radar to show duplicate entries.
v1.1 - 27 June 2006
- Displays any base station with same name as active base station as also active.
v1.0.1 - 23 June 2005
- Incorrectly displays some base stations as encrypted.
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