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Included: network name (SSID), MAC address, PHY type (802.11g or 802.11n), RSSI, signal quality, frequency, channel number, maximum speed, company name, router model and router name (only for routers that provide this information), and more …

When you select a wireless network in the upper pane of this tool, the lower pane displays the Wi-Fi information items received from this device, in hexadecimal format.

WifiInfoView also has a summary mode, which shows a summary of all detected wireless networks, grouped by channel number, company that manufactured the router, PHY type or maximum speed.

Start using WifiInfoView:

WifiInfoView does not require any installation process or additional dll files. To start using it, run the executable file – WifiInfoView.exe

After you run WifiInfoView, the list of detected wireless networks in your area is displayed in the upper pane, and it updates at a very high speed. You can change the refresh rate from the Options->Refresh rate menu.

When you select one or more wireless networks in the upper pane, the lower pane displays the Wi-Fi information items for the selected items, in hexadecimal format.

Columns in the upper pane:

• SSID: The name of the network.
• MAC Address: The MAC address of the router.
• PHY Type: The PHY type for this network – 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n or High-Rate DSSS
• RSSI: The received signal strength indicator value, in units of decibels referenced to 1.0 milliwatts (dBm), as detected by the wireless LAN interface driver for the AP or peer station.
• Signal quality: A number between 0 and 100 that represents the quality of the signal.
• Frequency: The channel center frequency of the band on which the 802.11 Beacon or Probe Response frame was received. The value of this column is in units of Gigahertz (GHz).
• Channel: Channel number used by this wireless network.
• Information Size: The total size (in bytes) of all Wi-Fi information items received from this wireless network.
• Number of Items: The total number of Wi-Fi information items received from this wireless network.
• Company: The company that manufactured the router, according to the first 3 bytes of the MAC address.
• Router model: The model of the router. This value only appears for routers that provide this information in their Wi-Fi information items.
• Router Name: The name of the router. This value only appears for routers that provide this information in their Wi-Fi information items.
• Security: Indicates whether the network is secured (Yes/No).
• Maximum speed: The maximum speed (in Mbps) you can get when connecting to this wireless network.
• First Detection: The first date/time this network was detected.
• Last Detection: Last date/time this network was detected.
• Detection Count: Number of times this network was detected.

System requirements:

• Operating System: This tool works on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Both 32-bit and x64 systems are supported. Windows XP is not supported because this tool is based on a new Wi-Fi API that does not exist on Windows XP. If you want to get information about wireless networks on Windows XP, you can use the WirelessNetView utility.
• Wireless network adapter and wireless card driver that works with the built-in wireless support of Windows Vista/7/8/10/11/2008.

What is new

• Added ‘Sort by’ toolbar button.
• Updated the internal MAC address file.