Press Release
23 April 2004 iStumbler Release 85 http://www.istumbler.net/ iStumbler is a free, open source tool for finding wireless networks and devices with your AirPort equipped Macintosh. iStumbler combines a compact user interface with a real time graph of signal strength and complete debugging information such as network type, name and mac address. Real-time visual feedback of signal strength and encryption allows you to quickly find open networks, perform site surveys or just have a look at your wireless neighborhood. Release 84 completely remade iStumbler into an extensible, high performance and indispensable wireless scanning utility. Plugins provide unprecedented flexibility, aggressively multi-threading improves performance and iStumber now monitors the network you've joined as well as nearby networks providing twice as much information as previous version. Release 85 fixes a crashing bug reported by some users, tightens up memory management and correctly handles forgotten nodes. Download iStumbler 85 (98K) for Mac OS 10.3 (Panther) Download the iStumbler Plugin SDK (60K) for Plugin Developers. Download the iStumbler 85 Source Code (2.1M) for iStumbler Developers. Release 82 updated the user interface for Jaguar and fixes several bugs. It is the last Jaguar build of iStumbler. Download iStumbler 82 (672K) for Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar) Release 85 Requires Mac OS 10.3. All versions require Mac OS 10.1 or better and an AirPort or AirPort Extreme Card. Plugin SDK and Source require Developer Tools.
iStumbler on the web
Another popular network discovery tool, [iStumbler], is even simpler than
MacStumbler, in that there is really nothing to configured. Just fire it up
and it will find all available networks for you, complete with a real-time
signal and noise meter.
Wireless Hacks
"iStumbler provides the user with a very straightforward interface to
view current wireless networks in range of the users computer. iStumbler
tells you the SSID (station name), signal strength, channel, whether or
not the station is encrypted with WEP, and much more in its easy-to-read
interface."
The Mac Mind
