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NetStumbler

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Developer(s)
  
Marius Milner

License
  
Donationware

Stable release
  
0.4.0 / April 2004

Website
  
www.stumbler.net

Operating system
  
Windows 9x (with version 0.3.30), Windows 2000, Windows XP

NetStumbler (also known as Network Stumbler) 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

    • No updated version has been developed since 2005.

    Alternatives

  • InSSIDer was created as an alternative to Network Stumbler for the current generation of Windows operating system, but it's no longer free.
  • Kismet or LinSSID for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X
  • KisMAC for Mac OS X
  • Vistumbler was created as an Open Source alternative which supports Windows Vista (hence the 'Vis' in the name of the program), Windows 7 and Windows 8

    • References

    NetStumbler Wikipedia
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