Donka's Mobile Rambles

I have been using WiFi for a long time now, for the most part at home but, never really took a great interest in exploring my connections until recently when curiosity got the better of me. To that effect I went on a hunt for software that will give me information on my current connections but also offer some networking tools for troubleshooting etc. I finally arrived at two applications that offer a Today plug in with good levels of information on your connection but also offer tools for pinging and tracing routes as well releasing and renewing your lease and signal strength among others. IP Dashboard from Hudson Mobile is a clean looking today plug in with some more powerful tools hidden away within. It is highly configurable allowing you to select which information will be reported and offers a handy data meter and timer. The downside for me is that this tool lacks a WiFi scanner as such to seek out new access points and networks. Net@Board from Tonaya conversely offers a great little scanner as well as an intruder detector that will show you clients connected to your network but lacks the handy timer function which would have made it perfect for my daily use. I would recommend both of these applications with Net@Board being the app that seems to be most current.