Great Wi-Fi Diagnostic APP

If you need a tool providing professional level wi-fi analysis, this is the perfect app. Currently this is installed on my macbook air under OS X Sierra . I was expanding my home and bought this to help me determine whether there was enough wi-fi coverage for the new areas being built. Using the app enabled me to capture the metrics and analysis needed to determine the coverage was required. Since I have coax broadband, I decided on bridging my house using the cable (moCa) connections and placed a moCa network extender in one of the upstairs rooms that would provide coverage to the new space.

Unfortunately the network extender wi-fi broadcasting has gone south after 3 months. The app became useful again to show me exactly what was going on with the wi-fi on the device. So it has become an invaluable diagnostic tool. The app visually demonstrated an network condition known as “flapping” where signaling drops and comes back. Because of this condition on the wi-fi components of the device a reliable wi-fi connection cannot be maintained. Still working to get his resolved with the cable vendor but the app is the perfect too for this kind of analysis.

mbrickman about WiFi Explorer: Scanner, v2.2