inSSIDer is a

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network scanner application for

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and

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developed by MetaGeek, LLC. It has received awards such as a 2008 Infoworld Bossie Award for "Best of Open Source Software in Networking",IDG’s "InfoWorld Names the Winners of the Best of Open Source Software for 2008"
(press release). IDG.com. August 4, 2008. but as of inSSIDer 3, it is no longer open-source.

History

inSSIDer began as a replacement for

NetStumbler NetStumbler (also known as Network Stumbler) was a tool for Windows that facilitates detection of Wireless LANs using the 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g WLAN standards. It runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems from Windows 2000 to Windows XP ...

, a popular Windows Wi-Fi scanner, which had not been actively developed for several years and reputedly did not work with modern 64-bit operating systems or versions of

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higher than

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. The project was inspired by Charles Putney on The Code Project.

Features

* New in Version 5.0: channel utilization break down to show device (AP and client) airtime utilization; see connected client devices and info about client such as utilization and signal strength * Gathers information from wireless card and software * Helps choose the best wireless channel available * Wi-Fi network information such as SSID, MAC, vendor, data rate, signal strength, and security * Graphs signal strength over time * Shows which Wi-Fi network channels overlap

System requirements

Windows

* Version 5.0:

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or higher * Version 3.0:

SP3 or higher * Version 2.1:

SP2 *

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3.5 or higher

OS X

Mountain Lion 10.8 or higher

References

External links

* * {{github, metageek-llc/inSSIDer-2 (Apache 2.0 license) Wireless networking MacOS network-related software MacOS security software Windows network-related software Windows security software