Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] Re: Macstumbler, KisMac, Etc

[Robert P. <bo...@pe...>]

On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 01:16 PM, Robert Friede wrote:

>
> On Jan 11, 2004, at 11:04 PM, 
> wir...@li... wrote:
>
>> From: Dale Steele <dts...@ma...>
>> Subject: [Wirelessdriver-support] Macstumbler, KisMac, Etc
>>
>> I'm running the wireless driver on my powerbook wallstreet running OS
>> x 10.28. Everything seems fine and I've just returned from MacWorld
>> where I got the idea that I should check out macstumbler or kismac to
>> see what I've been missing.
>> Macstumbler doesn't seem to recognize my card, a farallon skyline,
>> and kismac does but tells me the driver has a flaw that it has to
>> patch if I want to run that application. I don't think I need to mess
>> with things that badly but would like to hear what others are doing
>> with a similar setup.
>>
>
> I've found two other wifi detectors. iStumbler is a good alternative 
> to your
> two. I doubt all their low signal strength figures though. Nowadays I 
> use "AP Grapher"
> at home to test signal/noise et al.

These seem only to work on built-in (PowerBook) AirPort cards.  He (and 
I) have third-party cards.