I always enjoy connecting to a wireless network (WLAN) with my MacBook Pro. It’s a piece of cake and never a difficult and nerving task unlike Windows XP or even Vista. One thing that’s always bugged me, though, about joining WLANs on my Mac is trying to figure out which one has the strongest signal when in a hotspot rich area. Heck, my own home has three wireless APs alone! In true Apple form, however, I don’t need to use iStumbler to find the strongest signal. Nope, I just need to hold my Option key when clicking the AirPort status menu item. When done, the menu displays in order of strongest to weakest all the hotspots in your Macs reach. I love this!

Thanks to TidBITS for the great tip that I just had to pass along. Be sure to hit the jump to learn more about coconutWiFi, my new tool that may just make me never use iStumbler again.

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