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WiFind - Wireless Network Locator for the Airport menu

Wireless networks are nearly everywhere nowadays, often you’ll be in range of several at a time. With so many seemingly available wifi networks, how do you know which to join? Enter WiFind, a cool little utility that integrates seamlessly into your existing Airport menu as a plugin, allowing you to see more than just wireless networks. WiFind adds icons to display signal strength and if the network is locked or unlocked, saving you the time and effort of checking on your own. WiFind is shareware, and costs $8. Try it, you’ll like it. Read on for a screenshot and links to download.



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Comments: 4

Comment from Thumper
Time: May 27, 2007, 12:43 am

I like the idea but there’s no way I’m shelling out $8 for something that should be free and included from Apple anyway

It’s sad to say but Windows has a better system of discovering and displaying wireless networks

Comment from Some Guy
Time: May 27, 2007, 5:34 am

I kind of agree with Thumper. Though it’s not quite as convenient, iStumbler serves this same purpose and a whole lot more. It’s free too. http://www.istumbler.net/

Comment from Gary
Time: May 27, 2007, 11:01 am

Apple does include something free — the airport utility (in Panther, at least):

# cd /usr/local/bin
# ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport

Comment from buzzert
Time: May 28, 2007, 9:16 pm

It should auto-update. That would be really cool.

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May 27th, 2007