Wi-Fi analyzer

Wi-Fi Scanner

With Wi-Fi Scanner, you can find all nearby wireless networks, with detailed information about their parameters and signal strength.

Easy-to-use tool to scan for and analyze 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless networks

Wi-Fi Scanner allows you to easily locate visible wireless networks and its corresponding information. The tool obtains the network name (SSID), signal strength (RSSI) and quality, MAC address (BSSID), channel, maximum and achievable data rate, security, and much more.

Wi-Fi Scanner is useful for normal access point users who need to find out the signal strength distribution for their wireless network at home, or choose a position for their access point for optimal signal quality.

Using Wi-Fi Scanner, you can evaluate the allocation of wireless networks by channel and select the least congested bandwidth for their access point, allowing them to increase their connection speed significantly.

In addition, Wi-Fi Scanner is an indispensable tool for corporate network administrators in performing tasks such as configuration, planning and monitoring security parameters on business wireless networks.

Version v25.05 Released May 16, 2025
Platform Windows 8 · 8.1 · 2012 · 2012R2 · 10 · 2016 · 2019
Download 6.6 MB Program · 32-bit
License Free For personal use

Key features

  • Simple, fast wireless network search
  • Support for 802.11ax and 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
  • Support for 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency bands
  • Support for 20, 40, 80, 160 and 80+80 MHz channel widths
  • Display detailed information for wireless network: network name (SSID), signal level (RSSI), MAC address (BSSID), signal quality, channel, achievable and maximum data rate, encryption, channel utilization, clients etc.
  • Show detailed description of information elements (IE)
  • Detect security standards WEP, WPA or WPA2 for wireless networks
  • Support for WPS 1.0 and WPS 2.0
  • Device name and model number discovery of access points
  • Display changes in signal level over time in graphical form
  • Display signal spectrum mask for each wireless network
  • Customizable graph color for any wireless network
  • Filter list of detected wireless networks by specified parameters (quality, network mode, security, etc.)
  • Connect to detected networks
  • Display Wi-Fi radio state (software, hardware)
  • Display wireless connection parameters
  • Display wireless connection statistics in the form of graphs and tables
  • Manage wireless connection profiles
  • Disconnect/connect wireless adapters
New in v25.05

What's new

Released May 16, 2025. The headline changes in this release.

Full release notes
  • Initial support of Wi-Fi 7
  • Number of network card vendors is increased to 54477.
System requirements

What you need to run Wi-Fi Scanner

It runs on a standard Windows PC.

Operating system Windows 8, 8.1, 2012, 2012R2, 10, 2016, 2019
Processor 1 GHz or faster
Memory 512 MB RAM
Disk space 50 MB free disk space
Pricing

Pick a license

Buy once and keep it.

Corporate License

Whole organization

US$1,999.95/ license
  • Perpetual license
  • Unlimited installations
  • Unlimited technicians
  • Across departments and sites
  • One year of free updates
  • Email and ticket support
  • Priority support