WINDOWS WIRELESS SCANNER INSSIDER UPDATE
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Metageek have provided a signal strength guide, which basically means that if you can get 50-60 db’s, then that’s fine for most applications. For all users, from beginners to professionals. Remember these rules when designing your WIFI. A 3 dB gain means *TWICE* the signal strength, while a 3 dB loss *HALVES* the signal strength. InSSIDer will also split the channels by frequency eg 2.4 GHZ or 5.0 GHZ bands and any overlapping channels.Ĭool tool right! What signal strength do you need? Wi-Fi is generally measured with dBm, with is not an absolutely value, being logarithmic instead. Your neighbours WIFI will transmit and interfere with your signals… here’s the kind of odd interference that I suffer from… caused by a WIFI across the street from me (it’s the red dotted line… it spikes constantly).

However, Channels 1, 6 and 11 don’t overlap each other. Windows only: Free application inSSIDer scans networks within reach of your computers Wi-Fi antenna. inSSIDer is a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network scanner application for Microsoft Windows and Mac Operating System (MacOS). For example, if your network is on channel 9, it will overlap with channels 7, 8, 10, 11. Each 2.4GHz channel is 20 – 22 MHz wide.” If each channel is 20 MHz wide, this means there will be a minimum of 10 MHz of overlap with neighboring channels (overlapping channel interference). Pane a line item in the Networks Table to reveal the associated Details Pane. Metageek explain this well ” The 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) spectrum is 100 MHz wide and made up of 11 channels centered 5 MHz apart. inSSIDer Office shows information in three different ways. The 2.4 GHZ frequency has 11 channels – which are crowded and overlapping. The best channels are 1, 6 and 11 – and now you’re going to want to know why these channels are the best. Often your neighbours WIFI will interfere with your signal. Look at the Link Score – the higher the better! This shot is messy – as for privacy reasons I’ve had to remove the SSID and MAC addresses of the routers detected.

WINDOWS WIRELESS SCANNER INSSIDER UPDATE

inSSIDer has had 1 update within the past 6 months.

WINDOWS WIRELESS SCANNER INSSIDER DOWNLOAD

Metageek have provided a signal strength guide, which I’ve copied for you – at the end of this article.Ģ. Download inSSIDer for Windows to display essential details about your WiFi and troubleshoot WiFi issues. Find the signal strength of your home wifi – the lower the better. The main menu screen appears – click on Networks.ġ. Version 4 is the paid for version – the Home version is free from copyright restrictions, so don’t worry about downloading this from torrents. You can download the free home version here: This is only one free WIFI scanner that I rate highly, namely, InSSIDER Home, which works on Windows and MAC.

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