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Useful Stuff: iStumbler

Useful Stuff: iStumbler

We all know that we are not allowed to install any kind of internet service in our flats. For some of us, that is a big big inconvenient, especially for those geeks up there in Interactive Department.

As wireless networks expand, more and more families and business decide to install wireless access points. That makes us lucky, as the only way for us to have internet in our flat is "stealing" it from our neighbors... And what makes us especially lucky is the fact that most people are totally clueless about wireless security, so they just buy this "magic device" that makes internet work anywhere in the house, they plug it in, and they forget about it.

That is great for us, as it usually means password-free wireless networks ready to be joined. The problem is that the wireless range of those devices is usually quite limited, and it's hard to find out in which part of our apartment we are getting wireless signal...

iStumbler is quite helpful in those situations (for mac people). You only need to launch it, and it will start looking for wireless signals continuously. That means we can slowly walk around our apartment, trying to find a spot with wireless range, or where the signal is stronger. We can usually join a network (if it's open) as long as the signal strength is over 20. Otherwise the computer might refuse to join it.

iStumbler also looks for Bonjour and Bluetooth devices in range, but that might not be less useful for the not-so-geeks fabricanti.

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ReBlogged by oriol on Nov 24, 2006 at 03:49 PM Posted by oriol on Nov 24, 2006 at 03:49 PM

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