InSSIDer
# InSSIDer

inSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner application for Microsoft Windows and OS X developed by MetaGeek, LLC. It has received awards such as a 2008 Infoworld Bossie Award for "Best of Open Source Software in Networking", but as of inSSIDer 3, it is no longer open-source.

## History

inSSIDer began as a replacement for NetStumbler, a popular Windows Wi-Fi scanner, which had not been actively developed for several years and reputedly did not work with modern 64-bit operating systems or versions of Windows higher than Windows XP. The project was inspired by Charles Putney on The Code Project.

## Features

* New in Version 5.0: channel utilization break down to show device (AP and client) airtime utilization; see connected client devices and info about client such as utilization and signal strength
* Gathers information from wireless card and software
* Helps choose the best wireless channel available
* Wi-Fi network information such as SSID, MAC, vendor, data rate, signal strength, and security
* Graphs signal strength over time
* Shows which Wi-Fi network channels overlap

## System requirements

### Windows

* Version 5.0: Microsoft Windows 7 or higher
* Version 3.0: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or higher
* Version 2.1: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
* Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or higher

### OS X

* OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 or higher
