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Level – Signal strength displayed in bars.

Signal to Noise History – History of SNR since launch of application.

Security – Type of security used on available wireless network: WEP, WPA, WPA2.

The information available gives details of: Upon starting the application the interface is very simple to follow. IStumbler for OS X is a wireless network discovery tool that scans for available wireless networks, bluetooth devices and bonjour services available to your Mac. System Requirements: Intel, 64-bit processor, OS X 10.8 or later, Airport

Note: If using OS X Lion 10.7 Wi-Fi Diagnostics can be located at /System/Library/CoreServices/ Performance – Provides real time graph of signal strength (dBn) and signal to noise ratio (SNR). Wi-Fi Scan – Scans all available wireless networks within the spectrum of your area and gives recommendations for best 2.4 and 5 GHz channels available that are free to use. Logging – Allows you to capture logs for debugging events occurring on the associated wireless network. Info – Displays all network information about the AP to which your device is currently associated.įrame Capture - Allows capturing of data sent or received over the wireless network. The Utilities window opens and presents you with five options:

Alternatively you can also press CMD+2 to open the application. From the menu bar select Window followed by Utilities to open the Mac Wi-Fi Scanner application. The Wireless Diagnostics window will appear, asking you to follow on screen instructions.Ĥ. When prompted, enter your administrator name and password.ģ. From the drop down list select Open Wireless Diagnostics.Ģ. Select option button followed by pressing on Airport icon on the menu bar. If you have OS X 10.7 or above there is now a useful built-in Wi-Fi scanner utility, which is used to discover nearby available wireless networks.ġ. This document provides an overview of 8 applications – some are free and others have a cost - that can be used to assist with Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying on Mac OS X. They can help in various ways to troubleshoot and diagnose wireless connectivity issues in the field: Whilst there is a large choice of Wi-Fi analytical tools available for the PC market, the choice available to MAC OS X users is somewhat limited. Summary of wireless projects in the Janet community December 2010īy Pranay Pancholi, Loughborough University.