InSSIDer User Guide

InSSIDer is a simple but powerful software tool that detects available wireless networks. When used on a laptop, InSSIDer can help determine where weak spots in the WLAN could possibly be. It is a great program to use with Chanalyzer.

The new native Wi-Fi API allowed Metageek to easily integrate the AP MAC address, and channel, which limits InSSIDer's software compatibility to Windows Vista and partial functionality in XP.

InSSIDer will track and record wireless network activity graphically for performance interpretation. While inSSIDer may aid in identifying interference, we recommend the user also run Chanalyzer using Wi-Spy 2.4x. Interference may be caused by other devices, that Inssider will not display. Chanalyzer will help any user determine specifically where it is occuring, and most likely what is causing it.

Inssider

If you look at the image from inSSIDer, notice the wireless networks have been sorted by channel. If you wish to sort similarly, click the channel button, and inSSIDer will sort the information for you. Now you can compare that information with the data being collected by your Wi-Spy, see below:

Chanalyzer and Inssider: I have added the text into this screenshot, to illustrate how you can get the most out of Inssider.

In the above picture, you will notice that there are several signals at channels 1, 6, and 11 which indicate the amplitudes of the broadcast signals labeled in inSSIDer.