Monday, March 17, 2008

Stumbler: A wifi scanning utility

Version:0.04.1189413695 (I wonder why he chose such a long version number?)

If you're on the move and you need to find a wifi hotspot, the wifi screen in settings isn't so helpful because it takes a while to refresh.

Stumbler
is supposed to solve the problem by providing you with a separate app to scan for wifi that allows you to rescan whenever you choose.

I find that it doesn't always work that well. Sometimes when you click on the rescan button nothing happens and sometimes the app will just hang for 5-10 seconds.




Main Screen


Listed here are all of the networks that stumbler just found.



Details Screen

When the app does work, it gives a nice set of details about the hotspots.


I like the idea behind the app, but it doesn't all ways work. And I find that when I need it to work most it doesn't. Hopefully It will be updated, and will work better in the future.





- Scott

The Scott Zargold Report
http://www.zargold.com/

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