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iStumbler - 98

find AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices, Bonjour services

All Time: (3.7)
This Version: (4.7)
Current Version: 98
Release Date: 2007-02-05
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 25,950
Downloads (all versions): 153,132
Price: $5-15

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Product Description:

iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X, providing tools for finding AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices and Bonjour services with your Mac.

What's new in this version:

  • Re-written AirPort plugin now correctly reports signal for all AirPort chip-sets, provides more information about all networks.
  • The info window is now resizable.
  • Signal and Noise are reported as a percentage of theoretical maximum.
  • AirPort Inspector shows dBm values when available.
  • Empty Cache command clears out the AirPort and Bluetooth Radio information.
  • Spectrum widget is now a univeral binary.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher
  • Source requires Developer Tools

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Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating: (4.7) Features: (4.3) Support: (3.7)
Ease of Use: (4.7) Quality / Stability: (4.0) Price: (4.0)
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iStumbler Commentarybandwidth capped and no GPS, major bummer! - Version: 98, 4/30/2008 07:14PM PST

cfromberg
with istumbler active i only get a max. of around 400kbyte/sec, i have 2Mbyte/sec (16Mbit) DSL @ home... and without istumbler i get my full bandwidth!

the other major bummer ist the missing GPS feature... what's going on??? mismac doesn't work with my broadcom 4321 airport card, and istumbler doesn't do GPS... no more war driving for me folks!

i'm on my mbp, CD 2.0, with 802.11n broadcom 4321 upgrade kit card...
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iStumbler ReviewHot one - Version: 98, 11/23/2007 08:01AM PST

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Halmos
Works, but increases my laptop's temperature by almost 20 C to almost 70 C. Quit the app, and within 5 minutes I'm back to 45 C - 50 C.
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iStumbler ReviewNice app, a little rough around the edges. - Version: 98, 3/31/2007 06:33AM PST

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gm2net
1. Some accesspoints for no reason come up as "-1mhz", and are seen on channel 0.

2. Why are the frequencies of accesspoints measured in mhz anyway. Channels are there for a reason. I know 2412MHZ sounds slgihtly more advanced, but for an app that is supposed to be simple, it's counter-intuitive. "Channel 1" is much simpler.

3. The frequency of 802.11a accesspoints is completely messed up. Intel Macs can detect 802.11a.

4. Why is it impossible to monitor more than one network at once? The app is operating in active mode.

5. There's a lot of holes in the MAC address table.

6. Why do Bluetooth devices, when found, report "17MHZ" as their frequency in the Growl popup?

7. The inspector for Bluetooth devices is horribly broken for devices where the name hasn't been gathered yet.

8. In preferences, why are there very low-res icons for the AirPort and Bluetooth tabs?

9. Why is it detecting several non-existant airport base stations with a BSSID of all zeros? Kismac, Macstumbler and the airport commandline tool are all not finding them, and they're not in the airport menu?

Apart from these, it's a nice app. Keep up the good work.
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