Wireless scanner and connection manager.
WiFi Scanner is a 802.11 wireless scanner and connection manager. This will detect access points and clients in ad-hoc mode if the SSID is being broadcast. It can be used for wireless site surveys, wireless discovery, and to connect to Wi-Fi networks. The tool reports signal strength in dBm and shows access point BSSID/MAC addresses.
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This app is currently using over 97% CPU and making my computer's fans race, and it hit 101% a minute ago. WiFi Explorer uses less than 10% to perform the same scan functions, usually under 3%.
WiFi Scanner is vey similar to WiFi Explorer, but I prefer the latter.
The only advantage I see to WiFi Scanner is that it allows me to join the different signals it finds (passwords still needed for secured networks).
WiFi Explorer finds them, but you must use Airport to switch to them. That's a real problems for places like hotels that have many signals under one network name.
They’re often on different channels and some will be stronger than others, depending on your location in the building.
Airport doesn't allow me to switch to another SSID for the same network, it just joins the strongest one or the one it finds first.
WiFi Scanner lets me join any of them as long as the signal is strong enough.
Gotta knock off a star for the critical CPU problem.