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",IDG’s "InfoWorld Names the Winners of the Best of Open Source Software for 2008" (press release). IDG.com. August 4, 2008. 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
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(Apache 2.0 license)