InSSIDer explained

inSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner application for Microsoft Windows and OS X developed by MetaGeek, LLC.^[3] It has received awards such as a 2008 Infoworld Bossie Award for "Best of Open Source Software in Networking",^[4] 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

External links

• • (Apache 2.0 license)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Download inSSIDer - MajorGeeks . 2023-01-31 . www.majorgeeks.com . en-US.
2. Web site: 2013-03-12 . inSSIDer-2 . 2023-01-31 . Github.
3. Web site: InSSIDer: A Wi-Fi Network Scanner for Today's Wardriver . November 18, 2008 . Henry, Alan . PCMag.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920084216/http://appscout.pcmag.com/utilities/274282-inssider-a-wi-fi-network-scanner-for-today-s-wardriver . September 20, 2012 . 2013-04-22 . dead .
4. http://www.idg.com/www/pr.nsf/ByID/IDGC-8MBQBK IDG’s "InfoWorld Names the Winners of the Best of Open Source Software for 2008"