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A comment on the problem "iPod Touch cannot find current location" in Loki:

each LAN device has a MAC address... the ethernet card of the computer, each of the ethernet ports of the router and each wifi/WLAN card in the system... the only MAC address that counts is the MAC address of the routers wifi/WLAN card...

to many people it's confusing and they submit the MAC address of the own airport (Apple Mac) card or their PC wifi card, not the wifi card of the router/access point... to add to the confusion there's now many wifi routers/access points that have 2 wifi cards, one for 2.4GHz and one for the 5GHz band, they serve both bands @ the same time... for those BOTH MAC addresses need to be submitted...! – cord frederic romberg, on March 22, 2009 23:18

A comment on the problem "iPod Touch cannot find current location" in Loki:

budsimrin: your network preference pane can ONLY show you the MAC address of your airport card.
http://img.skitch.com/20090209-k5y1jx...

the only way to get the MAC address needed is by using a stumbler or sniffer, or to use the terminal, but that's for advanced users only.
screesnhot of AirRadar (Mac application) at work:
http://img.skitch.com/20090209-mrrf4g...

the advantage of a stumbler like AirRadar is that one can save all networks to a .txt file which allows for easy copy n' paste retrieval once one is ready to enter all the needed information into the skyhook database.
AirRadar saved .txt file with WiFi stations in neighborhood incl. strength and MAC addresses, but only the MAC address is need and of course the exact location where the stumbler application recorded the data:
http://img.skitch.com/20090209-mg9ryy... – cord frederic romberg, on February 09, 2009 15:44

A comment on the problem "iPod Touch cannot find current location" in Loki:

when did you enter the MAC address of the wifi access point? if more than 1-2 week ago something might be wrong. wait for at least 2 weeks. But make sure you got the MAC address of the wifi access point, not your own mobile nor your Mac/Apple or PeeCee...

if your on an iphone use "WiFiTrak" to determine the MAC addresses of the wifi stations around you, the more you can enter the better....! And the more precise you are entering the position you were located at the moment the more precise the skyhook database can locate you!

WiFiTrak in action:
http://img.skitch.com/20090209-pnq7m8...
then click one WiFi access point to get the details, including the MAC address:
http://img.skitch.com/20090209-r5wq48...

if your not @ home and can't enter the information right away just make a screenshot of the screen that shows the MAC address, just like i did. on the iphone just press the home & the power button @ the same time.
if your smart you make an additional screenshot of your exact position within the google maps app, or email yourself the location, your choice which one suits you better;-) – cord frederic romberg, on February 09, 2009 15:19

cord frederic romberg replied on February 08, 2009 16:10 to the problem "iPod Touch cannot find current location" in Loki:

shane: that;s the mac address of the wifi card that's inside your ipod... why would you want to submit that??? you need to submit the mac address of the "wifi access points" your able to receive/see!!! use a wifi stumbler to look for those mac addresses! there's some in the itunes iphone/ipod touch store!!!

you can submit more than one in a given location, since the chance is high there's many neighbors using wifi in their house, or companies in a public space...!!!

cord frederic romberg replied on February 04, 2009 10:37 to the problem "iPod Touch cannot find current location" in Loki:

you can also try to use loki @ loki.com

loki is part of skyhook, just use it and enter your correct location, this will automatically send your MAC address, as well as the ones in the vicinity... and it's faster than manually submitting via the skyhook page... skyhook takes 2-3 weeks, loki 2-3 days, sometimes faster...

A comment on the idea "One more radius setting - 20 km" in Brightkite:

yeah, intersection is only working in the US, maybe canada... google has to work that out...! – cord frederic romberg, on December 05, 2008 21:27

A comment on the idea "One more radius setting - 20 km" in Brightkite:

and still no map view??? why??? around me lives and dies with the map view!!!!! – cord frederic romberg, on December 03, 2008 18:08

cord frederic romberg replied on December 03, 2008 18:05 to the idea "One more radius setting - 20 km" in Brightkite:

i think these new settings should be system wide, not just nearby notify...!!!

cord frederic romberg replied on November 25, 2008 03:43 to the problem "typo: We cannot detect your wireless adapater" in Loki:

nice catch;-)

cord frederic romberg replied on November 15, 2008 03:27 to the question "loki cannot see wifi access points" in Loki:

loki is part of skyhookwirless, loki uses the skyhookk database, but also loki ping add data automatically to the skyhook database....

cord frederic romberg replied on November 15, 2008 03:26 to the problem "can't download loki toolbar mac version" in Loki:

http://gears.google.com/

cord frederic romberg replied on November 15, 2008 03:25 to the problem "What is the right version of IE for using LOKI?" in Loki:

try installing google gears, which includes the geode engine, which uses the loki/skyhook database... http://gears.google.com/ works with IE, safari and firefox, on mac just FF and safari....

cord frederic romberg replied on November 15, 2008 03:22 to the problem "Won't work on Firefox 3 mac- security error" in Loki:

http://gears.google.com/

cord frederic romberg replied on November 15, 2008 03:22 to the problem "Won't work on Firefox 3 mac- security error" in Loki:

just install google gearS! you don;t need the loki installer;-) works perfectly with safari 3 and firefox 3 on mac osX 10.5.x!

cord frederic romberg asked a question in Loki on November 11, 2008 21:45:

google gears

why is loki taking so long to incorporate google gears into their website???

cord frederic romberg shared an idea in Brightkite on October 25, 2008 21:14:

the messages need to be improved...

on a pc/mac it needs to be like a messenger window, like on the iphone... and links need to be clickable...!!!

cord frederic romberg replied on October 23, 2008 11:34 to the question "Is there a date for an iPhone App?" in Brightkite:

been released 2 days ago;-)

cord frederic romberg replied on October 13, 2008 23:32 to the idea "Geolocation - A fundimental technology needed for BKite to succeed." in Brightkite:

just GPS or geo-location support???

cord frederic romberg replied on October 11, 2008 19:30 to the idea "Geolocation - A fundimental technology needed for BKite to succeed." in Brightkite:

the iphone BK app will have WPS/geode support as well, everything else wouldn't make any sense, right???

cord frederic romberg shared an idea in Brightkite on October 11, 2008 19:28:

Change name of Location

if the name of a location is not what it should be we should have the option to change it, especially if we live there/created it....