Wi-Fi Planet: Open Source WLAN Analyzers | Linux Today

Wi-Fi Planet: Open Source WLAN Analyzers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 22, 2004

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Those on a tight budget or unfamiliar with WLAN analyzers may
prefer to cut their teeth on shareware or open source programs.
Depending upon your needs, you may even find these programs
sufficient. We can’t hope to provide an exhaustive list, but here
are a few available shareware and open source programs to give you
an idea of what’s out there.

“Administrators that don’t (yet) have officially-supported WLANs
may find that shareware stumblers are useful for on-the-cheap rogue
AP spot-checks…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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