NetStumbler

From Hakipedia

Network Stumbler (also known as NetStumbler) is a tool for Windows that facilitates detection of Wireless LANs using the 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g WLAN standards. It runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. A trimmed-down version called MiniStumbler is available for the handheld Windows CE operating system.

The program is commonly used for:

• Wardriving
• Verifying network configurations
• Finding locations with poor coverage in a WLAN
• Detecting causes of wireless interference
• Detecting unauthorized ("rogue") access points
• Aiming directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links

NetStumbler's author, Marius Milner, maintains the occasionally-updated stumbler.net website where you can download the software. Another website, netstumbler.com, has more frequently updated information and wireless news.

Apparently, the project has been inactive for a while now, so it is unlikely that there will be a new version.

[edit] Alternatives

• Inssider was created as an open-source alternative to Network Stumbler for the current generation of Windows operating system
• Kismet

[edit] Netstumbler under Vista

• Why can't it be used under Vista

[edit] External links

• NetStumbler's author's website (stumbler.net)
• NetStumbler: A Video Tutorial (securitytube.net)
• Alternatives to NetStumbler