Wireless Network Scanning/Stumbling on the Mac

Scanning for wireless networks also referred to as "stumbling", is basically the detection of Wireless LANs using the 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g WLAN standards. This is useful for verifying network configurations, locating poor coverage in a WLAN, finding causes of wireless interference, detecting unauthorized access points etc...

In Mac OSX I find these two tools the most useful:

• Kismac - Download Here
• iStumbler

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