I sent my MBP in for the whine fix and they also put a new battery in it even though I had already requested one. So now I've got 2 brand new batteries in my hand. I think I'm goin…

Got my new battery today. I am calibrating it right now as we speak...when fully charged, and I yanked out the power adapter... it said I had 4.25 hours..... much better than my o…

I am so considering keeping the extra battery.... but that is bad Kharma.... and we all cannot afford bad kharma.... so I will be sending it back to them...sigh, would be nice to h…

Quote: Originally Posted by b1NARY73 That's Great..i was lucky to get 2 hours with my battery. My order finally went through. Thanks to Villalobos for the heads up on this! …

Quote: Originally Posted by kahuna so, only 2 hours on orig. better to just send it i think. better tho have 2 fulll power batteries, than 1 crippled and 1 good. i hate crippled…

Quote: Originally Posted by b1NARY73 Yes, plus.... I do not want Steve-O showing up at my house and giving me the business! it would be fun to discuss with steve. but sadly…

I just bought an iPod Hi-Fi yesterday and I'm amazed by it. I wasn't too crazy about the design at first but it's 100 times better in person. Really looks sharp and it's extremely …

Me too, maybe future versions will allow you to do that.

I saw somewhere that had a list of programs available for discovering wireless networks that don't broadcast their SSID and other tools to allow you to connect to wireless networks…

Quote: Originally Posted by nickw311 I saw somewhere that had a list of programs available for discovering wireless networks that don't broadcast their SSID and other tools to a…

The reason is because my workplace doesn't broadcast the SSID for the wireless network.

Can't you just ask the IT department what the SSID is?

Asking is embarressing for geeks like me

Kismac and Macstumbler. http://www.macstumbler.com/ http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17199

Quote: Originally Posted by imitchellg5 Asking is embarressing for geeks like me There's no way your IT department hid the SSID (and probably encrypted the connection... ri…

Yeah, there's a difference between asking "What's the SSID to connect to the network?" and asking "What's the cup holder on my computer for?"

I'm with Apfhex-if you're supposed to have access to the wieless network, your IT people should give you the SSID-and maybe collect your wireless card's MAC address to let it conne…

Quote: Originally Posted by Apfhex There's no way your IT department hid the SSID (and probably encrypted the connection... right?!?) expecting people to figure it out on their …

I'm allowed to be connected, and they told me the SSID. I just wanted to play around on the software for fun and also because I know there are more than one wireless networks here…

Im pretty sure it is a crime to connect to wireless networks when you dont have permission. Im not trying to be a prude or anything, I go wardriving all of the time, but I think it…

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac A crime? In what jurisdiction? I haven't heard of such a law in California. Actually, I may have been thinking of the unauthorized use of…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I'm with Apfhex-if you're supposed to have access to the wieless network, your IT people should give you the SSID-and maybe collect your wir…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Actually, the real security isn't realized by MAC filtering at all, since it's not that hard to spoof a MAC address. The real security comes…

iStumbler is better than MacStumbler IMO. FWIW, it's useful just as a tool for monitoring your Wi-Fi signal as you can see how clean and persistent your signal is to a much finer d…

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark_Lotus And the encryption can be hacked also. It just takes alot of time and alot of packets being generated over the Wi-Fi network. Well of …