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WiFi Explorer

Scan, find, and troubleshoot wireless networks.

WiFi ExplorerOverview

WiFi Explorer will scan, find, and troubleshoot wireless networks. It can quickly identify channel conflicts, signal overlapping, or configuration problems that may be affecting the connectivity and performance of your home or office wireless network.

Get an insight into the network details: name (SSID), MAC address (BSSID), device manufacturer, signal strength (RSSI), noise, channel, band, security configuration, supported data rates, and much more.

  • Suitable for home, small office, or enterprise networks
  • Easy-to-use, intuitive user interface
  • Graphical visualization of the Wi-Fi environment
  • Supports 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands as well as 20, 40, 80 and 160 MHz channels
  • Works with IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac networks

Also:

  • Comprehensive help documentation
  • Signal quality ratings based on signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
  • Accurate conversion from dBm to percentage (%) for easier analysis and optimization
  • Detailed description of information elements (IE) advertised by the access point for advanced troubleshooting
  • Export metrics and network details to CSV file format
  • Save results for later review and analysis
  • Access point name discovery (if supported)
  • Editable column for labels or annotations
  • Selectable and sortable columns
  • Adjustable graph timescales
  • Quick filtering
  • Customizable colors for easily tracking particular networks
  • Full-screen mode

NEW

  • Fixed an issue where mode was being incorrectly set to 802.11ac for 2.4 GHz networks using 256 QAM
  • Fixed filtering by security mode (802.1X)
  • Fixed decoding of the Country Information IE under certain circumstances
  • Renamed "Service Set" and "Radio" categories to "Network Name" and "Access Point", respectively
  • Improved display of SSIDs containing emoji
  • Improved resizing of table columns
  • Improved copy option for network entries and information elements
  • Improved vendor name lookup and identification heuristics for Ubiquiti and Apple access points
  • Improved parsing of Mesh and WPS information elements
  • Updated the app's Help book

WiFi ExplorerInformation

Version
2.3.2
Date
06.21.17
License
Trial
Language
English
File Size
8.2 MB
SubCategory
Operating Systems
Mac OS X
System Requirements
  • OS X 10.7 or later
  • A Mac with built-in Wi-Fi; external Wi-Fi adapters are not supported
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