Below you’ll find Free Wireless Networking Tools for Wi-Fi Scanning, Site Survey, Site Planning and Packet Sniffing that the geeks at MetaGeek want to share with you. For the best Wireless Network optimization, get a Wi-Spy with Chanalyzer Pro today.

 

Wi-Fi Scanners

inSSIDer 2

  • Create custom filters.
  • Log and export KML for Google Earth.
  • Channel View for determining Wi-Fi channel Overlap.
  • Open Source

Download inSSIDer

Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector

  • Speed, Quality and Connection Test shortcuts
  • Sound alert locating
  • Windows Autoconfig Quick Launch

Download Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector

iStumbler

  • WLAN Details
  • Display Bluetooth and Bonjour network information
  • dashboard widget.

Download iStumbler

Wi-Fi Analyzer for Android

  • SSID RSSI Graph
  • Channel Graph
  • AP Finder Utility

Download from Android Market

 

 

Site Survey

Ekahau Heatmapper

  • Wi-Fi coverage on a map
  • Supports 2.4 and 5 GHz 802.11n
  • Quickly locate Rogue Access Points
  • 15 minute time limitation.

Download Ekahau Heatmapper

Meraki Wi-Fi Mapper

  • Wi-Fi coverage on google maps or floor plan
  • No installation
  • Quickly locate Rogue Access Points
  • Estimated throughput results

Use Meraki’s Wi-Fi Mapper

 

 

Site Planning

Aerohive Free Wi-Fi Planner

  • Upload a floor plan.
  • Auto placement for quick and easy planning.
  • PDF Export
  • Supports Aerohive APs only.
  • Must register for Hive Manager Account

Use Aerohive’s Wi-Fi Planner

 

 

Packet Sniffing

Kismet

  • Network Detector, Packet Sniffer, Intrusion detection system
  • Raw monitoring mode
  • The program runs under Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X.
  • The client can also run on Windows using the specialized AirPcap adapter from Cacetech.
  • Kismet

Iperf

Iperf is a throughput application.  There is a great GUI variation called JPerf. Both allow you to compare actual throughput to the stated data rate of a WLAN.

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