Glenn Fleishman of WiFiNetNews, mentioned yet another tiny WiFi detector (the $35 Hawking Detector), and mused out loud what he really wanted:
What I’m waiting for (and Gizmodo is, too) is a detector with a small LCD that scrolls through the open and closed SSIDs found in the neighborhood. We want a WiFi Sniffer–a WiFi Wardriver on a keychain.
An hour or so later, Fleishman updated his site. It seems the new $49 Digital Hotspotter has just what he wanted.
“First generation” analog Wi-Fi detectors, including the $29 Chrysalis WiFi Seeker, $29 Kensington WiFi detector, and $28 Smart ID WFS-1, didn’t have an LCD screen and couldn’t tell you anything about the detected hotspots.
The Digital Hotspotter “is the only device of its kind that provides essential information about wireless networks”, including; Network ID, Signal Strength, Encryption Status and Channel.
Of course none are as fun/useful as TV-B-Gone.
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