NetStumbler http://www.netstumbler.com The award-winning wireless networking tool and the best source for your daily Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 3G and VoIP news. Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:52:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Physics Of Where To Put a Wi-Fi Router http://www.netstumbler.com/2014/09/19/the-physics-of-where-to-put-a-wi-fi-router/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2014/09/19/the-physics-of-where-to-put-a-wi-fi-router/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:52:12 +0000 NetStumbler http://www.netstumbler.com/?p=3119 Deciding where to place a Wi-Fi router at home to minimise signal blackspots is a fine art.

But a physicist has attempted to tackle the problem by mathematically working out the optimum position for a router.

He studied how walls and reflections affected signal strength and concluded that, as common sense might suggest, there’s just no beating the centre of a house for router location.

Wi-Fi Signals Visualized

Via [The Daily Mail]

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Cisco put about 600 access points on light poles, and plans to deploy 200 more to complete the project. It also installed switches in town halls and a management system for the network. Aside from Internet connection, the Cisco-built network will offer VoIP and videoconferencing to city agencies and local businesses.

Building municipal and city-wide wireless networks has become a global trend. In the U.S., over 300 municipalities are looking at rolling out WiFi networks. A similar phenomenon is seen in Mexico, China, and Taiwan.
Via [informationweek.com]

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NetStumbler 0.4.0 is the long-awaited version that supports more cards than ever before, and even includes help!
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MiniStumbler 0.4.0 Installer

MiniStumbler 0.4.0 now works on most (but not all) Hermes, Prism and Atmel chipsets, including some CF and SDIO cards.
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]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/04/18/downloads/feed/ 105 About http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/04/17/about/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/04/17/about/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:24:42 +0000 NetStumbler http://www.netstumbler.com/about/ NetStumbler (also known as Network Stumbler) is a tool for Windows that facilitates detection of Wireless LANs using the 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g WLAN standards. It runs on Microsoft Windows 98 and above. A trimmed-down version called MiniStumbler is available for Windows CE.

NetStumbler is commonly used for:

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