WiFi Monitor Pro: net analyzer

Alexander Kozyukov

About this app

WiFi Monitor Pro is a powerful tool that allows you to analyze the state of WiFi networks and track its parameters (signal strength, frequency, connection speed, etc). It is useful for setting up a wireless router and Wi-Fi usage monitoring. It can also be used as a scanner helping to discover devices connected to WLAN.

"Connection" tab helps to track information about the connected WiFi hotspot:
• name (SSID) and identifier (BSSID)
• router manufacturer
• connection speed
• router signal strength
• frequency and channel number
• latency info (ping)
• hotspot security options
• MAC address and IP address of smartphone
• subnet mask, default gateway and DNS address.

"Networks" tab allows to analyze all available WiFi networks by the following parameters: type, equipment manufacturer, signal level, security protocol. Access points with the same name (SSID) are grouped together.

"Channels" tab displays hotspots signal level depending on its frequencies. Routers using same frequencies provide bad quality of a Wi-Fi connection.

"Strength" chart helps to compare received power levels of available WiFi hotspots and track its dynamics. The higher router signal strength, the better quality of wireless connection.

"Speed" chart displays the real amount of transmitted and received data in the connected network. This will help to analyze usage of a hotspot.

"Scanning" section performs search of devices in the connected network and displays its parameters. If scanner reports about foreign devices in your WLAN, block them in router settings.

Collected data can be saved to log file and exported to other applications.

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Ratings and reviews

App is very inconsistent. Most of the time it does not show WiFi connections, or only one of two channels. The Networks tab says the list is empty while the strength tab shows typically only one of two operating channels on my router. The second channel may show up, but not consistently. This holds true for the "Strength" and "Scan" tabs as well. I have no idea why this app is highly rated.

Mostly does not work. It did originally, and the free app seems fine, but the pro app slowly stopped showing any networks. It used to eventually populate after opening and closing the settings, but now the networks and channels pages are empty. Scan works, though. Also, support link is disabled, and web link doesn't work unless I open a browser and type in the URL. The free version seems to be fine and I like the information it provides, so I don't mind that I paid for it but can't use it.

It's a surprisingly powerful app once you get your head round what it's telling you. (Personally I'd like it if there was a little internal glossary of terms and acronyms, but obviously I can just Google all those for myself.) I personally find it useful to know whether I'm connecting at 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz. I think this app is very useful if, like me, you often hop on free public Wi-Fi. (Obviously running through a VPN. I ain't completely green, ya know!😏)

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