![]() In addition to the Wi-Fi stumbling, it offers some great analysis and reporting capabilities. LizardSystems offers a free edition of their Wi-Fi Scanner application for non-commercial use, which has the same features and functionality as their paid product. We were impressed with its exporting, logging and location-aware features. It supports saving the network list as a CSV, logging networks from every scan (useful if moving while scanning), and saving an image of each graph.Īlthough the GUI is very simple, Homedale provides some advanced functionality. They do the job of showing channel usage (including channel-bonding) and signal strength, but it would be nice if they had a single view of the entire 5GHz band instead of dividing it into four different graphs.įor a free application, Homedale offers great exporting capabilities. The Frequency Usage tab displays channel visualizations for the 2.4GHz band and each sub-set of the 5GHz band. The Access Point Signal Graph tab shows a line graph of the signal levels for each SSID selected. One feature we liked allows saving notes to individual SSIDs, which are then included in any data exports. ![]() Additionally, it does not reveal the actual hidden SSIDs, but does show the other network details of hidden SSIDs. It doesn’t display the 802.11 standard of each SSID, but it does show the supported data rates and the multiple channels used by any SSIDs with larger channel-widths. The Access Points tab shows many essential details. The first tab, Adapter Overview, displays a listing of all the network adapters and their IP gateway and MAC addresses. This utility has a simple GUI that resembles more of a multi-tabbed dialog box than a full application. Other than showing basic network and signal details, it supports GPS and other geolocation detection. Homedale is a relatively simple and portable Windows-based stumbler with an optional command-line interface. ![]() Though it lacks any advanced features, it could be used for small networks or to give an idea of how these map-based tools work. We found Ekahau HeatMapper to be a very simplistic map-based Wi-Fi survey tool.
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