inSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner application for Microsoft Windows and OS X developed by MetaGeek, LLC.[4] It has received awards such as a 2008 Infoworld Bossie Award for "Best of Open Source Software in Networking",[5] but as of inSSIDer 3, it is no longer open-source.
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.
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: Microsoft Windows 7 or higher
- Version 3.0: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 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
References
- ^ Crane, Joel (2021-09-30). "inSSIDer 5 Release Notes". MetaGeek Support. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ "Download inSSIDer - MajorGeeks". www.majorgeeks.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "inSSIDer-2". Github. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ Henry, Alan (November 18, 2008). "InSSIDer: A Wi-Fi Network Scanner for Today's Wardriver". PCMag.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ IDG’s "InfoWorld Names the Winners of the Best of Open Source Software for 2008" Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine (press release). IDG.com. August 4, 2008.
External links
- Official website
- inSSIDer-2 on GitHub (Apache 2.0 license)