One may quibble over the price, but the principle remains. Many people are ungrateful and think, though they get paid for their work, you have no right to do the same.
The feedback on this page should serve as a warning to any developer who wants to start charging for an app they previously offered for free. Plus if you pull down the Wireless Diagnostics “Window” menu, there’s other cool things in the app’s toolbox like a sniffer function. Click on “Scan Now” in the lower right and voila, Apple’s cool little app finds all the 2.4 and 5GHz networks within range and the first column on the left makes suggestions on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels which are least used (Best choices if you don’t want to let Apple automatically select an appropriate channel).
If all I’m really wanting is something to help deconflict from other Wi-Fi networks in the area, wouldn’t Apple’s included Wireless Diagnostics tool work just fine? And save me 25 bucks to boot now that the iStumbler developer has decided to start charging to put a pretty wrapper on something Apple already provides for free? Before I get flamed, of course I know iStumbler does other things but I’m just interested in identifying the local Wi-Fi networks and their channels.ĭo a spotlight search on “Wireless Diagnostics” and open it up.
