WiFi Explorer: Scanner App Reviews

You spent a lot on your mac, you spent a lot on your wifi router. Your wifi router is probably auto-assigning a very congested wifi channel. This is a great tool to find the channels that have a little more breathing room. Also a great tool to monitor your wifi signal as you walk around the house. This tool and the authors other tool wifi signal are the best i’ve found.

Ive been using WiFi Explorer around my home network for a couple of years now. It is a superb utility program with a refined UI design that can gather and display a wealth of WiFi network data and allow you to turn it into useful information. Now, I am just a dabbler, a moderately knowledgeable home user with a moderately complicated network, so I cant certify that it will meet all the needs of a true network guru, but as my knowledge has grown, this utility has continued to impress me. Its a great learning tool. While I havent actually run into _any_ problems or bugs, IMHO its important to note that the developer periodically provides (free) updates (frequently, butnot too frequently). You dont get the unhappy feeling that the program has been left orphaned with whatever bugs it came with, or that your $ spent will become worthless at the next OS X version. A usage tip: I just discovered the handy Annotaions and Device columns (these might have been added in an update, because I swear I never saw them before). Apparently some devices broadcast their assigned network name (e.g., "upstairs-airport-express") and some do not. My Apple devices generally do, but do _not_ for their guest networks. I used the Annotaions field to assign understandable device names to all of my networks, which really helps sort things out if each Airport device provides three network names (I currently have configured 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and guest networks with different names, and have three Airport devices broadcasting those network names. Now I can easily see at a glance how each device is performing.)

I’ve been using this scanner for a while now whether it’s to optimise the signal around my house or helping to troubleshoot other locations, wifi explorer has been immensely helpful. Highly recommended and superior to what else is out there.

If you care about managing your wifi networks, you should have this app.

I have an office that’s a _little_ too far away from my wi-fi base station and I wanted to diagnose the problem. WiFi Explorer is an excellent application that graphs the various wi-fi signals you’re receiving over time. I’ve never had a problem with it. Recommended if you like what you see in the screenshots!

This app meets all of my wifi scanning needs, and more.

I dont write reviews in general, however this App is an exception. This developer is a one man band and he has put together not only a best in class applications, but best in App store application. A true utility with real fuctionality that you’ll use time and time again.

This app warrants the effort to write a review. As someone who frequently troubleshoots and configured wireless networks, this app gets opened almost everyday. I’ve had this app for over a year and not once have I had it crash or do anything other than exactly what it purports to do; quickly show me a view of the wireless networks around me and all the technical information I could ask for. Well worth the money!

Really helps to see what each transmitter on your base station is doing, and what other networks surround you

This is the 3rd app I have purchased in the past 24 hours just hoping to find something that would let me see my WIFI network and every device connected with its IP address. This app provides details about the signal but nothing else. I recently replaced my NETGEAR router with a U-verse and the NETGEAR came with a great app that let me monitor every aspect of my network. I miss it.

noticed that at times, other networks suddenly jump to 100% signal, then after a few minutes go back to what they were at. so, something is tricking the app to mis-report. though, generally pretty reliable. any way to add bluetooth? having all kinds of problems with el capitan and bluetooth. hmm…

I’m a professional WiFi guy and have been for a good long while. This is one of my favorite tools for WiFi analysis. Great to see what what’s going on with a network quickly, easily and with enough data to point to where to start digging. Use with Andre’s AirTool to do captures you have one heckuva lot of tools for not a lot of bread. It’s RAD.