How to Select WiFi Monitoring Software?

There are several crucial things that you need to pay attention to when selecting WiFi monitoring software. First of all, decide whether you are willing to pay for a WiFi monitoring software solution or whether you would prefer to use a free one.

Free WiFi monitoring software is a good choice if you are on a very tight budget and don’t need any advanced features nor on-demand customer support.
Paid WiFi network monitoring software is a good choice for IT professionals and those who perform network monitoring on a regular basis. You can expect features such as the ability to perform WiFi site surveys or detect rogue access points.

How to boost WiFi signal

NetSpot for Windows is the first free Wi-Fi survey app for the rest of us. Tired of slow network connection, bad reception, and other Wi-Fi issues? If you look hard you will find numerous tips on how to boost your WiFi signal. More details on WiFi boosters, extenders, and all WiFi enhancers here.

However the most important directions to follow are:

• Determine the source of interference
• Switch channels
• Try new locations for your WiFi router
• Upgrade your existing hardware or add new Wi-Fi access points

What Is WiFi?

WiFi stands for Wireless Fidelity. This term was coined by a branding company, and it only caught on in its abbreviated form. It describes a technology for radio wireless local area networking of devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards, which are maintained by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) LAN/MAN Standards Committee (IEEE 802).

Learn more about What Is WiFi

How to Reboot Router

You might be wondering why you need to learn how to reboot the router in the first place.

1. Unplug your router first and your modem second. 
2. Wait at least 10 seconds. 
3. Plug your modem back in first and your router second. 
4. Go make yourself a cup of coffee or tea.
5. Test your internet. 

Unfortunately, it’s not possible to solve all network problems with router reset alone. More complicated problems require more complicated diagnostics and troubleshooting methods.

Plan your Wi-Fi network with NetSpot Wi-Fi site survey tool

The way we use wireless devices, such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets, makes it crucial to integrate them into our working space seamlessly. Small business owners realize how much more influence wireless local area networks (WLAN) have on every day of our lives now and how important it is to create the perfect working environment. With NetSpot planning tool it is quite easy to plan, configure, and deploy a wireless LAN.

What is IP Lookup?

At first, it might appear to be some sort of magic trick. We take the innocuous digits that comprise your IP address and through some prodigious feat of divination figure out where in the world you are located. For a small fee we may be able to…excuse me, I digress.

There is no magic behind performing an IP address lookup, though there is some level of access to information that is required in order to be successful. Basically, it is a coordinated digital search. Here is how it’s done.

The key to an IP address lookup is an entity known as a geolocation service. These services harvest data from a variety of databases and use this information to find your geographic location. There are free and paid geolocation services and any business or individual can obtain a subscription.

Let’s take a look at some of the sources that are used to pinpoint your computer’s location.

Informations Sources That Contribute to an IP Lookup

Regional Internet Registries are one of the primary sources that are queried by geolocation services. These are official organizations that manage and distribute IP addresses. Different registries are responsible for the IP addresses in specific geographic areas. In North America, the registry that manages IP addresses is called the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN).

The registry gives the geolocation service some information, but the search does not end there. Other sources of data are scoured for further details regarding your IP address. Performing an online search for a nearby restaurant or a weather report and providing your ZIP code can result in the location associated with the code linked to your IP address. Data can also be supplied by your ISP that can assist a geolocation service to narrow down your location.

Measure WiFi Signal Strength

Increasing WiFi signal strength takes knowledge to know what to use, where to use it, and how to set it up to get the most of every ounce of frequency. With WiFi mapping tools like NetSpot, getting the best network signal can be done by anyone, anywhere, any time.

What we need now is some knowledge of what the WiFi network looks like across the building.

The best way do this is with a WiFi strength test — we measure and record the strength of the network across a location. A really good WiFi test app for this situation is NetSpot. It’s available as a free download here. One of the great strengths of NetSpot is it can chart the signal strength across a location.

Using NetSpot, we can measure one or several different WiFi signals and get a reading on their strength. Here’s a short description on how to do it:

1. Download and install Netspot. Once it’s installed, launch it.

2. Select Discovery mode. It will display a list of all of the WiFi networks:




3. Double click on the WiFi network we want to measure. Netspot will automatically scan and update the signal to noise ratio graph:





4. Move to another location in your residence or business, and see how the signal changes. This lets our WiFi signal strength app show us how the signal changes depending on where we are.


As the signal changes, we’ll be able to figure out where in the building has weaker sections or more noise. We’ll also be able to see what other WiFi networks are running, so in case someone is running a rogue network in our location, we can triangulate it’s position and route it out.

5. For users of NetSpot Home/ PRO/ Enterprise, an even better tool is Survey Mode. With this, we can load up a map of the local network, and then move from location to location. This lets us use Netspot as a WiFi signal strength meter, tracking how the signal rises and falls based on where we are. NetSpot will build up data on how the network looks at each position, until it can display how it appears against the entirety of the map:





Once we can see what sections are strong or weak through our WiFi strength app, then we can decide where to move our routers. If we see a region more blue (aka — weak signal), we can just move our router closer to that location.


Now that we have the knowledge, finding out the best way to upgrade our WiFi signal strength will be a snap. As we move the router, we can redo our survey and then use NetSpot to perform another survey to see in real time how it affects signal strength. Perhaps we need to use a WiFi booster or go to a mesh network to get a better connection. But instead of guessing — now we’ll know.

But whatever it takes, making sure our systems are up to date, and actually being able to see how the network looks across our location helps us increase the WiFi strength.

Knowledge is power. Use it, and the knowledge of the Internet will be at your hands.