Download latest WiFi Scanner from Mac App Store Mac OS X Wireless Signal Strength in Snow Leopard The AirPort item in the menu bar now includes signal strength for all available wireless networks, so you can see which access point has the best signal before selecting it. Four signal bars appear in the AirPort status [...]

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Rogue Access Point Detection Using iWIDS iWIDS is an online wireless instrusion detection system (WIDS) that leverages the wireless scanning capabilities of a Windows XP/Vista/7 PC to discover rogue access points and determine if they are plugged into the wired network. Rogue Router Access Points (AP) The most common type of rogue access point is [...]

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