Wireless Monitor For Mac

See Also

• Wireless network scanner software - Monitor your WiFi coverage with NetSpot for Mac.
• WirelessKeyView - Recover lost WEP/WPA key stored by Wireless Zero Configuration service
• BluetoothView - Monitor the Bluetooth activity around you.
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Description

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System Requirements

• Wireless network adapter and wireless card driver that works with the built-in wireless support of Windows XP/Vista/7/2008.If you don't have a compatible wireless adapter and driver, 'cannot find wireless adapter' error will be displayed.
• Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows XP with SP2/SP3.For Windows XP with SP2, it's recommended to install the KB918997 update.To download this update, click here.

Known Issues

• 'Maximum Speed' and 'PHY Types' columns display incorrect values on Windows XP.

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Versions History

• Version 1.75:
  • Added 'MAC Addresses List' option (Ctrl+F8), which allows you to create a list of MAC addresses and their description.The description specified in this list will be displayed under the 'Description' column.The MAC addresses list is saved in 'WirelessNetView_MAC_List.txt' located in the same folder of WirelessNetView.exe
• Version 1.72:
  • The connection name is now displayed in the adapters list of 'Advanced Options' window.
• Version 1.71:
  • Fixed WirelessNetView to ignore false items with 00-00-00-00-00-00 MAC address.
• Version 1.70:
  • Added SHA-256 digital signature, in order to avoid from 'signature is corrupt or invalid' error message on Windows 7 or later.
• Version 1.69:
  • Added 'Save All Items'.
• Version 1.68:
  • Added 'Auto Size Columns On Update' option.
• Version 1.67:
  • Fixed WirelessNetView to detect and calculate the maximum speed of 802.11ac networks (On Windows Vista or later).
• Version 1.66:
  • WirelessNetView now displays 'Cannot find wireless adapter !' message in the bottom status bar when there is no wireless adapter..
• Version 1.65:
  • Added 'Connect' option (supported only on Windows Vista/7/8 or later), which tries to connect the selected wireless network.
• Version 1.61:
  • Added accelerator keys to the Update Rate menu.
• Version 1.60:
  • Fixed bug: WirelessNetView failed to remember the last size/position of the main window if it was not located in the primary monitor.
• Version 1.59:
  • Added 'Always On Top' option.
• Version 1.58:
  • Added secondary sorting support: You can now get a secondary sorting, by holding down the shift key while clicking the column header. Be aware that you only have to hold down the shift key when clicking the second/third/fourth column. To sort the first column you should not hold down the Shift key.
• Version 1.57:
  • Added 'Force Negative RSSI' option. Some wireless adapters or drivers under Windows XP, randomly returns positive RSSI value instead of negative number.If you check this option, WirelessNetView will automatically turn the positive RSSI value to nagative in order to fix this problem.
• Version 1.56:
  • Fixed issue: On a wireless network with multiple access points, WirelessNetView displayed all access points as connected.
• Version 1.55:
  • Added 'Advanced Options' window (F9), which allows you to choose the wireless network adapter that will be used to scan the wireless networks. This option is useful if you have multiple wireless network adapters.
• Version 1.50:
  • Added 'BSS Type' column - Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc.
• Version 1.46:
  • Fixed the flickering problem on Windows 7.
• Version 1.45:
  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option, which allows you to automatically resize the columns according to the row values and column headers.
  • Fixed bug: WirelessNetView failed to load the external MAC addresses file (oui.txt) when every line has 2 leading space characters. (Sometimes this file is provided with leading space characters, I don't really know why..)
• Version 1.43:
  • Added 'MAC Address Format' option: XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX , XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX , or XXXXXXXXXXXX
• Version 1.42:
  • Added 'Connected' column, which shows whether you are connected to this network.
• Version 1.41:
  • The 'Maximum Speed' column now displays the correct speed of 802.11n networks (Only on Windows 7/Vista/2008)
  • The 'PHY Types' columns now displays whether the network is 802.11g or 802.11n (Only on Windows 7/Vista/2008)
• Version 1.40:
  • Added 'Start As Hidden' option. When this option and 'Put Icon On Tray' option are turned on, the main window of WirelessNetViewwill be invisible on start.
• Version 1.38:
  • Added '% Detection' column.
• Version 1.37:
  • Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.
• Version 1.36:
  • Added 'Mark The Best Secured Network To Connect' option.
• Version 1.35:
  • Added 'Network Security Filter' option (under the Options menu), which allows you to choose to display only secured networks, only unsecured networks, or both.
• Version 1.30:
  • Added 'Clear Networks List' option which allows you to clear the accumulated wireless networks list.
• Version 1.27:
  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are addedas the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
• Version 1.26:
  • Added /sort command-line option.
• Version 1.25:
  • Added 'Very High' update rate.
  • Added command-line options to save the current detected wireless networks to text/html/csv/xml file.
• Version 1.22:
  • Fixed issue: When WirelessNetView window is hidden and there is an icon in the taskbar, running WirelessNetView again will open the existing instance of WirelessNetView, instead of creating another one.
• Version 1.21:
  • Added 'Maximum Speed' column.
• Version 1.20:
  • Added 'Restart Windows Wireless Service' (Ctrl+R) option. Sometimes, the wireless service of Windows XP stop working fromunknown reason or it's stopped by another wireless network software. This option allows you to easily restart the sevice whensomething goes wrong.
  • Fixed bug: When plugging a Wi-Fi USB adapter while WirelessNetView is already running, WirelessNetView couldn't detect any network, and you had the close and run it again in order to get it work.
• Version 1.16:
  • Fixed bug: WirelessNetView created XML with invalid characters.
• Version 1.15:
  • Fixed issue: When WirelessNetView detect more than one network with the same SSID, it'll be dispalyed as a separated item.
• Version 1.12:
  • New option: Beep On New Network.
• Version 1.11:
  • Added update rate (low/medium/high).
• Version 1.10:
  • Added new columns: MAC Address, RSSI, Channel Frequency, and Channel Number.
  • Add 'Company Name' column that display the company name according to the MAC address (Requires to download an external file, see below).
  • WirelessNetView now can also work without KB918997 update, although when this update is not installed, some of the column values won't be displayed.
• Version 1.03:
  • Added new option: Put Icon On Tray.
• Version 1.02:
  • New option: Mark The Best Network To Connect - Mark the network with the highest signal valuethat doesn't require a network key.
  • Added 'PHY Types' column.
• Version 1.01:
  • Added support for saving as comma-delimited text file.
  • Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to WirelessNetView.
• Version 1.00: First release.

Using WirelessNetView

The 'Company Name' Column

Translating WirelessNetView to other languages

1. Run WirelessNetView with /savelangfile parameter:
   WirelessNetView.exe /savelangfile
   A file named WirelessNetView_lng.ini will be created in the folder of WirelessNetView utility.
2. Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
3. Translate all string entries to the desired language.Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.
4. After you finish the translation, Run WirelessNetView, and all translated strings will be loaded from the language file.
   If you want to run WirelessNetView without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.

Command-Line Options

Disclaimer

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WirelessNetView is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of WirelessNetView, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the 'wirelessnetview_lng.ini', and put it in the same folder that you Installed WirelessNetView utility.

If you've followed the steps to connect your Mac to a Wi-Fi network, but the connection to your network or the Internet isn't reliable, the steps in this article might help.

Check for Wi-Fi recommendations

When your Mac tries to connect to a Wi-Fi network, it checks for issues that affect its ability to create a fast, stable, and secure connection. If an issue is detected, the Wi-Fi status menu in the menu bar shows a new item: Wi-Fi Recommendations. Choose it to see recommended solutions.

Wi-Fi recommendations are available in macOS Sierra or later.

Analyze your wireless environment

Your Mac can use Wireless Diagnostics to perform additional analysis.

1. Quit any apps that are open, and connect to your Wi-Fi network, if possible.
2. Press and hold Option (Alt) ⌥ key, then choose Open Wireless Diagnostics from the Wi-Fi status menu .
3. Enter your administrator name and password when prompted.

Wireless Diagnostics begins analyzing your wireless environment:

If the issue is intermittent, you can choose to monitor your Wi-Fi connection:

When you're ready to see recommendations, continue to the summary. Wireless Diagnostics asks for optional information about your base station or other router, so that it can include that in the report it saves to your Mac.

Click the info button next to each item in the summary to see details about that item. Wi-Fi best practices are tips that apply to most Wi-Fi networks.

Back up or make note of your network or router settings before changing them based on these recommendations—in case you need to use those settings again.

Monitor your Wi-Fi connection

Your Mac can monitor your Wi-Fi connection for intermittent issues, such as dropped connections. Follow the steps to analyze your wireless environment, but choose ”Monitor my Wi-Fi connection” when prompted.

During monitoring, a window shows that monitoring is in progress. Monitoring continues as long as this window is open and you're on the same Wi-Fi network, even when your Mac is asleep.

If Wireless Diagnostics finds an issue, it stops monitoring and shows a brief description of the issue. You can then resume monitoring or continue to the summary for details and recommendations. Metaza mpx-60 driver for mac.

Create a diagnostics report

Wireless Diagnostics automatically saves a diagnostics report before it displays its summary. You can create the same report at any time: press and hold the Option key, then choose Create Diagnostics Report from the Wi-Fi status menu . It can take your Mac several minutes to create the report.

• macOS Sierra and later saves the report to the /var/tmp folder of your startup drive, then opens that folder for you.
  To open the folder manually, choose Go > Go to Folder from the Finder menu bar, then enter /var/tmp.
• OS X El Capitan or earlier saves the report to your desktop.
  

The report is a compressed file with a name that begins “WirelessDiagnostics.” It contains many files that describe your wireless environment in detail. A network specialist can examine them for further analysis.

Use other diagnostics utilities

Wireless Diagnostics includes additional utilities for network specialists. Open them from the Window menu in the Wireless Diagnostics menu bar:

• Info gathers key details about your current network connections.
  
• Logs enables background logging for Wi-Fi and other system components. The result is saved to a .log file in the diagnostics report location on your Mac. Logging continues even when you quit the app or restart your Mac, so remember to disable logging when you're done.
  
• Scan finds Wi-Fi routers in your environment and gathers key details about them.
  
• Performance uses live graphs to show the performance of your Wi-Fi connection:
  • Rate shows the transmit rate over time in megabits per second.
  • Quality shows the signal-to-noise ratio over time. When the quality is too low, your device disconnects from the Wi-Fi router. Factors that affect quality include the distance between your device and the router, and objects such as walls that impede the signal from your router. Learn more.
  • Signal shows both signal (RSSI) and noise measurements over time. You want RSSI to be high and noise to be low, so the bigger the gap between RSSI and noise, the better.
• Sniffer captures traffic on your Wi-Fi connection, which can be useful when diagnosing a reproducible issue. Select a channel and width, then click Start to begin capturing traffic on that channel. When you click Stop, a .wcap file is saved to the diagnostics report location on your Mac.

Learn more

Additional recommendations for best Wi-Fi performance:

• Keep your router up to date. For AirPort Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, or AirPort Express Base Station, check for the latest firmware using AirPort Utility. For non-Apple routers, check the manufacturer's website.
• Set up your router using Apple's recommended settings, and make sure that all Wi–Fi routers on the same network use similar settings. If you're using a dual-band Wi-Fi router, make sure that both bands use the same network name.
• Learn about potential sources of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference.

Learn about other ways to connect to the Internet.