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DESCRIPTION
MacStumbler is a small utility to emulate the functionality of projects like netstumbler, bsd-airtools, and kismet. It's meant purely for educational or auditing purposes, although many people enjoy using these types of programs to check out how many WiFi (wireless) networks are in their area, usually known as "war driving".

MacStumbler only works with AirPort wireless cards, it does not (yet) work with any PCMCIA or USB wireless devices.

To enhance the scanning results, many wardrivers like to use external antennas to increase the range. The new iBooks and Titanium PowerBooks both contain an antenna built into the screen (which can provide much better range than standard PCMCIA cards by themselves). This built-in antenna is directional, I find my iBook gets the best signal when the screen is facing away from the access point.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.75b:
  • Improved interface
  • GPS support
  • wi-scan format
  • Fixed "Unexpectedly quit" bug
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS 10.1 or later.


Developer:Korben
Downloads:42,718
  - Version d/l:20,121
Internet:Internet Utilities
License:Free
Date:14 Jul 2003
Platform:PPC
RATING
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    MacStumbler User Reviews (11 posts)Write A Review
    Jun 4 2008

    MOLLY  I used MacStumbler but it doesn`t display information about Apple Airport base stations and other WiFi , but it is about Apple Airport base stations and other WiFi .I like it!

    AirGrab/com  (Version 0.75b)

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    Nov 23 2007

    SILICONADDICT  Useless under 10.5.1. Crashes on launch on my MBP 2.33Ghz  (Version 0.75b)

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    Oct 31 2007
    *****

    ELEGRAPHY  I am happy to report that it still works fine under Leopard with PPC system. I have PowerBook Ti 1GHz 1GB Ram.   (Version 0.75b)

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    Mar 22 2007

    MACSWEEP  Does not work on my MacBook Pro. It will launch just fine but does not detect signals.  (Version 0.75b)

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