Network Analyzer

Jiri Techet

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About this app

Network Analyzer can help you diagnose various problems in your wifi network setup, Internet connectivity, and also detect various issues on remote servers thanks to the wide range of tools it provides.

It is equipped with a fast wifi device discovery tool, including all the LAN device's addresses and names. Further, Network Analyzer contains standard net diagnostic tools such as ping, traceroute, port scanner, DNS lookup, and whois. Finally, it shows all neighbouring wi-fi networks together with additional details such as signal strength, encryption and router manufacturer to help discovering the best channel for a wireless router. Everything works with both IPv4 and IPv6.

Wifi signal meter:
- Both graphical and textual representation showing network channels and signal strengths
- Wifi network type (WEP, WPA, WPA2)
- Wifi encryption (AES, TKIP)
- BSSID (router MAC address), manufacturer, WPS support
- Bandwidth (Android 6 and newer only)

LAN scanner:
- Fast and reliable detection of all network devices
- IP addresses of all discovered devices
- NetBIOS, mDNS (bonjour), LLMNR, and DNS name where available
- Pingability test of discovered devices
- Detection of IPv6 availability

Ping & traceroute:
- Round trip delay including IP address and hostname for every network node
- Support of both for IPv4 and IPv6

Port scanner:
- Fast, adaptive algorithm for scanning the most common ports or user specified port ranges
- Detection of closed, firewalled, and open ports
- Description of the known open port services

Whois:
- Whois of domains, IP addresses and AS numbers
- Support of both for IPv4 and IPv6

DNS lookup:
- Functionality similar to nslookup or dig
- Support for A, AAAA, SOA, PTR, MX, CNAME, NS, TXT, SPF, SRV records
- Support of both for IPv4 and IPv6

Network information:
- Default gateway, external IP (v4 and v6), DNS server
- Wifi network information such as SSID, BSSID, IP address, HTTP proxy, subnet mask , signal strength, etc.
- Cell (3G, LTE) network information such as IP address, signal strength, network provider, MCC, MNC, etc.

More
- Full support of IPv6
- Detailed help
- Regular updates, support page

Ratings and reviews

Deducted 2 stars because of update. Though it seems the removal of MAC addresses is not the developers fault, it has impacted a big reason I got this app for. I will be side loading an older version to get back these features as long as I can find the .apk from a reputable source. I used this app to help identify devices on my own home network so I could label them correctly in my router. My other use is only slightly hampered. Which is using this app to find free IP addresses on my network.

The one star isn't the developer's fault. This app used to be great until Google broke it. You can't get Mac addresses or vendor names anymore. This was extremely valuable in a large network to locate devices. Now the app is crippled, and not nearly as useful. My Pixel won't let me install the older version. Very unhappy.

I've always liked Network Analyzer for quickly identifying device names and their associated IP addresses when needed for various reasons. Unlike many similar apps loaded with ads, this one stands out. I'm even considering upgrading to the pro version, as it's clear the developers believe in the quality of their app, which definitely shows. The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is because I rarely give 5 stars unless something is truly exceptional. But who knows may be back after pro.

What's new

- because of Play Store requirement to ship apps using a new Android SDK which doesn't allow apps to access MAC addresses of LAN devices because of privacy reasons, MAC addresses and Vendor names (derived from MAC addresses) cannot be displayed in the LAN scanner
- to workaround this limitation, it is possible to download the 3.12 version of the app from the corresponding FAQ page and side-load it
- various fixes and improvements