inSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner application for Microsoft Windows and OS X developed by MetaGeek, LLC. It has received awards such as a 2008 Infoworld Bossie Award for "Best of Open Source Software in Networking", but as of inSSIDer 3, it is no longer open-source.
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History
inSSIDer began as a replacement for NetStumbler, 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 Windows higher than Windows XP. The project was inspired by Charles Putney on The Code Project.
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Features
- 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
Version 4
Version 4 improvements:
- Adds ESSID/Radio grouping
- Coloring rules for co-channel and adjacent-channel interference
- Link icon
- 802.11ac support
- Expanded filtering capabilities
Version 4 changes:
- No longer free
- inSSIDer 4 for home/non-commercial use
- inSSIDer Office for commercial use
Version 3
Version 3.0.6.42 improvements:
- Allows "starring" of networks
- Introduces "Link Score" and "Max Rate"
- Revamped filtering capabilities
Version 3.0 changes:
- No longer open source
- Home edition for non-commercial use
- Office edition for commercial use
- Removed KML and GPS support
Version 2
Version 2.0 is a complete re-write of inSSIDer, featuring the following new features:
- A new more stable codebase
- A news tab to replace the ad
- More stable GPX and KML logging
- New Time Graph
- Stale access points fade out over time
- Graphs are now in tabs
- Separate graphs for 2.4 and 5 GHz channels
- A filtering system that allows you to only show networks that meet certain criteria
- Great for hunting down hotspots
- A GPS status tab
- Shows detailed GPS data (like location, speed, altitude, etc.)
- Also shows signal levels of satellites in view (up to 12)
- Fullscreen mode
- Mini mode
- Mini mode is designed for extremely small screens that may otherwise feel cramped with the full interface
- All points of data are in tabs
- Default reduced number of columns visible in data grid
- 5 GHz channel view is broken into 2 graphs for lower (33-64) and upper (100-165) channels
- Switching between full and mini mode preserves scan data and scan state
- You can be scanning in Full mode and switch to mini to keep scanning without interruption
- Better paring of 802.11n data
- Shows actual extended data rate
- Channel graphs show 40 MHz secondary channel, if any
Stable Releases for Windows
- 4.4.0.6 (July 12, 2017)
- 4.2.0.12 (January 19, 2015)
- 4.0.0.0 (December ??, 2013)
- 3.1.2.1 (December 18, 2013)
- 3.0.7.48 (June 13, 2013)
- 3.0.6.42 (May 20, 2013)
- 3.0.5.80 (March 22, 2013)
- 3.0.4.37 Beta (March 7, 2013)
- 3.0.3.53 Beta (February 2013)
- 2.1.6.1394 (October 25, 2012)
- 2.1.5.1393 (June 26, 2012)
- 2.1.4.1391 (June 1, 2012)
- 2.1.1.13 (February 28, 2012)
- 2.1.0.1379 (January 30, 2012)
- 2.0.7.0126 (February 1, 2011)
- 2.0.5.1111 (December 4, 2010)
- 1.2.3.1014 (October 20, 2009)
System requirements
Windows
- Version 3.0: Microsoft Windows Vista or higher
- Version 2.1: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or higher
OS X
- OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 or higher
Alternatives
- Kismet or LinSSID for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X
- KisMAC for Mac OS X
- Vistumbler was created as an Open Source alternative to NetStumbler.
References
External links
- Official website
- User Guide for Version 2.1 (pdf, 3.2MB). Metageek.net.
- inSSIDer 2 Source code on GitHub (Apache 2.0 license)
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