JiWire HotSpot Finder is a free toolbar that helps you search, find and monitor Wi-Fi-WLAN connections from Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox even when you are not connected to the Internet and are Offline. You can also access their worldwide Hotspot list from your mobile phone browser by visiting www.jiwire.com.

Key features include:

-Search JiWire’s worldwide directory of hotspots whether you’re Online or Offline
-Refine WiFi hotspot search by specific address, city, state/region, country, location type, and zip code
-Monitor connection details such as signal strength, SSID, MAC address, and level of security protection from IE or Firefox while web browsing
-For Symbian or Windows Mobile phones, you can use JiWire for AvantGo to search Hotspots while Offline

Visit http://www.jiwire.com/jiwire-downloads.htm for all related downloads. The monitoring feature is only available for the desktop versions of the toolbar.

You might also want to check Devicescape, a free application for Windows, Mac OSX, Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile devices that allows you to connect to any WiFi-WLAN Hotspot without having to manually configure the settings on the device or remember the username and password.