Can you tell us exactly what this does?
OK, here's my help file:
Intro
Wi-Fi Ruler is designed to take the tedium of out managing your Wi-Fi connections.
Place your access points into categories (rules). Each rule has characteristics than you can setup.
Some Rules
The app comes with some pre-made rules.
For example,
home is the highest priority. Since you probably want to connect to that access point whenever its in range.
Have you ever connected to an access point that seems to be open but presents you with a login as soon as you start browsing? Give those access points the
paywall rule to avoid them.
Sometimes you just want to use an access point but you'll never be around there again and you don't want it cluttering up any lists. That's what the
driveby rule is for. These access points are deleted after 24 hours.
Click on the Rules tab from the main screen to see more.
By Number
Wi-Fi routers come with default names like
linksys and
default. Sometimes people don't bother to change the name. So you can have several different access points all called
linksys you want to manage.
Luckily every access point has a unique number (the BSSID). Wi-Fi Ruler lets you assign a rule to the access point called
linksys with a certain BSSID.
Auto Driveby
If you press Menu > Preferences you'll see an option to automatically add open access points as rule
driveby. This means as you walk around the app will connect to access points, maybe your mail will download, then later it will delete this access points... all with no intervention from you.
In the background
The app is continuously working to follow the rules and get you connected. If you have a connection with an access point that isn't the current highest priority it will not disconnect. You can do that manually if you wish.
