6 June 2005 iStumbler Release 94 http://www.istumbler.net/ iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X, providing free and open source tools for finding AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices, Bonjour services, and GPS locations with your Mac. iStumbler immediatly provides detailed information, presented in a clean and organized user interface. There is no need to start the scanning process, tune settings or scrutinize logs, iStumbler goes right to work and then just works. Release 94 Focuses on stability and performance improvements with a few small user interface changes. Status displays are back, log messages are now formatted for improved readability and the AirPort plugin can now show the frequency a radio is using. Release 94 includes an important bug fix for users of Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger), earlier versions of iStumbler trigger a very large memory leak, all users are encouraged to upgrade in order to avoid excessive memory consumption. http://www.istumbler.net/downloads/istumbler-94.tgz Download iStumbler 94 (552K) for Mac OS 10.3 (Panther) or 10.4 (Tiger) iStumbler Requires Mac OS 10.3 or better. AirPort Plugin Requires AirPort or AirPort Extreme Adapter. Bluetooth Plugin Requires Bluetooth Adapter. GPS Plugins requires an NMEA Serial or Bluetooth Adapter. http://www.istumbler.net/downloads/istumbler-94-src.tgz Download the iStumbler 93 Source Code (3.0M) for iStumbler Developers. iStumbler Source Code Requires Apple's Developer Tools. -- iStumbler Release 82 is the last Jaguar build of iStumbler. Download iStumbler 82 (672K) for Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar) Requires Mac OS 10.1 or better.
"These days, you're likely to find free Wi-Fi just by
strolling down the street with your laptop and periodically checking
for available networks with free software (such as Alf Watt's
iStumbler)."
Glenn Fleishman in Macworld secrets, June 2005
Previous releases of iStumbler pale in comparison to
this latest release [93] that has [Bonjour] and Bluetooth support that
works. With its easy to use interface and small footprint, its fast
becoming an essential WiFi tool.
Mack
on
MacRiot
[iStumbler] is a simple, easy to use program...
When you launch it, you are greeted with a simple window showing the
available wireless networks in your area, their signal strength, and
whether or not they are secured with a WEP password. Finally,
iStumbler allows you to see and monitor bonjour [services] as well.
Brenn Hill
on MacMod
"A million-dollar news van is no longer a match for a punk
with a PowerBook and iStumbler."
SFIST
"Alf Watt's iStumbler is a slick utility that sniffs
out wireless networks in your immediate surroundings. [If] you are
having intermittent connection issues with your own wireless network,
you can troubleshoot the problem with your new best friend, iStumbler.
It reveals the wireless channel each network is using, allowing you to
choose a free [one.]"
Mac Home,
April 2005
"The [Bonjour] or multicast DNS (mDNS) scanning is
also useful given how widely Apple has deployed the technology.
iStumbler lets you browse for mDNS services and connect to them through
a single interface instead of needing to use different programs, such as
a Web browser and the Finder, to attach to different kinds of services.
"This version also improves the scanning and display of Wi-Fi
networks, which system administrators will find useful when trying to
pinpoint signal problems or glitches"
Glenn Fleishman
In TidBITS
"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."
TheMac Mind