NetSpot: WiFi Analyzer 4+
WiFi Signal Strength Scanner
Etwok Inc
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
The best WiFi manager, analyzer, scanner, heatmapper, and planner!
NetSpot is best known for its real-time WiFi networks analysis through its updated Wi-Fi Inspector, great wireless visualizations within WiFi Site Surveys of existing networks, and its all-new Wi-Fi Planning Mode that lets you simulate your future WiFi coverage with its powerful new predictive surveys.
Collect and analyze data on surrounding wireless networks, see the realistic WiFi coverage, conduct wireless site surveys, visualize data, plan Wifi, fix existing and prevent various future WiFi issues.
Setting up a reliable WiFi network is a must, but not always easy. Possible obstructions in the way of getting a steady signal can include interference from already existing networks in the area, noise from electronic devices, structural materials, user density, etc. While you can experiment until you find the optimal positioning for your access points, NetSpot is a faster and more effective solution!
NetSpot WiFi Analyzer efficiently detects and visualizes all WiFi networks around you, determines wireless signal strength and its other parameters, identifies possible Wi-Fi interference.
NetSpot generates more than 20 different WiFi heatmap visualizations:
* Internet speed
* Signal-to-noise ratio
* Signal level
* Signal-to-interference ratio
* Wi-Fi troubleshooting and more
NETSPOT FEATURES...
* Full-featured Wi-Fi Inspector mode for real-time analysis (free)
* Active and passive WiFi Site Surveys (in-app)
* WiFi Planning (in-app)
* 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax WiFi standards support
* 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands support
* Conveniently organize your Wi-Fi surveys and planning projects in zones with multiple snapshots
* Flexible Access Point management, custom aliases and grouping
* Advanced data and project export
* Detection and scan of hidden wireless networks
NETSPOT IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR...
* Refining your wireless network performance
* Planning of future WiFi networks
* Reducing time and cost of WiFi network setup and maintenance
* Looking for signal leaks
* Resolving channel conflicts
* Extending WiFi coverage
* Preventing excessive signal level outside of the desired area
* Monitoring WiFi and ensuring proper access control
* Analyzing the coverage of neighboring networks
* Detecting problematic areas in your WiFi coverage
* Providing recommendations for network improvements
NetSpot is fast, reliable and very simple to use. Great for network experts, easy enough for beginners. Unlock the full potential of your existing or future WiFi networks with NetSpot Home or PRO, available as in-apps.
NetSpot Free Edition:
* WiFi Inspector
* Sample WiFi Surveys
* Sample WiFi Planning
NetSpot Home Edition:
* WiFi Inspector
* WiFi Surveys: 2 zones per project, 2 snapshots per zone, 50 data points per snapshot, 3 major visualizations
NetSpot PRO Edition:
* WiFi Inspector
* WiFi Surveys: 50 zones per project, 50 snapshots per zone, 500 data points per snapshot, all visualizations
* WiFi Planning
What’s New
Version 3.1.3520
User
· Added: You can now add your own router with custom simulation parameters to a Predictive Survey project if a specific router brand and/or model is not yet available in NetSpot; this approach is also very useful when you need to see how custom settings may affect your future WiFi.
· Added: Select and manage multiple building objects together while working with a Planning project. Move, resize, delete, change parameters, copy and paste.
· Added: It is now possible to set the transmit power and channel width for Access Point bands in Planning mode.
· Improved: More Access Point brands and models were added to Planning mode.
· Improved: Advanced functionality of exporting, importing and merging snapshots.
· Fixed: Subtle bug fixes and improvements throughout.
Ratings and Reviews
Useless
Steer well clear, it’s more of an extortion racket than software, as NetSpot demands an extra £99 (on top of the nearly £50 cost of the app) before you can do anything useful with it. If you need more than two zones, as many homes in the UK will (including mine), then that’s an extra £99. Hell, if you just want your work to autosave, that’s a “PRO” feature and it’ll cost an extra £99.
I’d be slightly less offend by this if the software actually did what it was supposed to, but alas it does not. Not least because it give incorrect information. I purchased this app to help find a way to alleviate WiFi issues and figure out the best positioning for my mesh devices, as well as which channels I should avoid to minimise interference from the neighbours. NetSpot failed to provide insight into any of these, not least by telling me I had great signal where I know for a fact it’s not…
nice idea but…
It seems very sporadic in its measurements and sometimes does not even pick up the wifi that the computer is actually connected to.
There ought to be a way or retesting a spot or removing clearly bad data.
All a bit too fiddly and not doing the basic job.
The list of all APs with their channels is useful but you have to wander around and take several measurements before it tells you anything. A simple scan from wherever the machine is would be more helpful for my purposes.
Developer Response ,
During a scan, you can remove the last data point you measured by clicking the Undo Last Point button on the lower-left of the NetSpot window (or using CMD+Z hotkey): https://www.netspotapp.com/help/move-delete-measurement/
Simple, elegant and effective
Ok, so I may be a little generous with the 'elegant', but it is extremely easy to use (I am competent but not an IT professional) - just draw a simple map, walk around with your macbook, and take samples in various parts of the house (the more readings, the more comprehensive coverage map you get at the end). The output is a diagram showing various coverage maps (eg signal strength, noise etc). I can now see exactly how to enhance the quality of my coverage by relocating my Access points.
I would say 'money well spent', but it was free!
App Privacy
The developer, Etwok Inc, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Etwok Inc
- Size
- 21.3 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.12 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Etwok Inc., Delaware, USA
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- NetSpot PRO Edition £199.00
- NetSpot Home Edition £59.00