Mac OS X WiFi Wireless Scanner
If you are looking for a basic WiFi scanner for Mac OS X then the command line airport utility may fit your needs.
The utility is located at:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
Typing the above command path can be avoided by creating a symbolic link to the command in /user/sbin/ by copying and pasting below into [...]

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Netstumbler for Linux
NetStumbler (also known as Network Stumbler) is a free/”beggarware” tool for Windows that can detect WiFi/Wireless LANs using the 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g WLAN standards.
An alternative to Netstumbler that works on Linux is called Kismet and uses RFMON to passively detect networks.
Wireless Extension (WE) and Wireless Tools (WT)
If you only have basic wireless [...]

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