Overview
What is MacStumbler?
MacStumbler is a small utility to emulate the functionality of projects like netstumbler, bsd-airtools, and kismet.
In depth
A closer look at MacStumbler
It's meant purely for educational or auditing purposes, although many people enjoy using these types of programs to check out how many WiFi (wireless) networks are in their area, usually known as "war driving".
MacStumbler only works with AirPort wireless cards, it does not (yet) work with any PCMCIA or USB wireless devices.
To enhance the scanning results, many wardrivers like to use external antennas to increase the range. The new iBooks and Titanium PowerBooks both contain an antenna built into the screen (which can provide much better range than standard PCMCIA cards by themselves). This built-in antenna is directional, I find my iBook gets the best signal when the screen is facing away from the access point.
Verdict
Should you download MacStumbler?
MacStumbler runs on
Mac OS 10.1
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 131 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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At a glance
MacStumbler specifications
- Publisher
-
Korben
- Last updated
- Mar 9, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Mac OS 10.1
- File size
- 131 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 454
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