Nethogs is an open-source command-line program that is designed for real-time monitoring of network bandwidth utilized by any operations or applications. There are four different display modes of methods such as used default kb/s, total bytes, total kilobytes, and total megabytes. It aids you to locate the program in your Linux system that is taking up more bandwidth without breaking the sequence of traffic down per protocol or per subnet.
It will not work without any privileges because after installing this software, you need to type sudo nethogs or normal nethogs if you are already a root user. It displays the other details like the process ID of the program which is currently using the bandwidth, the name of the program which is consuming this bandwidth, the device that is being monitored, sent data details, received data details, and all total.
KisMAC is one of the attractive and free WiFi scanners & security software for Mac that aids you to detect the hidden SSIDs, logged-in clients, WiFi maps, and others. The key features of this platform include discover open or closed WiFi in the surrounding, notifies you when any device is connected with your system in the form of notification along with the MAC addresses, locate the possible security breaches of the network, and many others. With the help of its effective WiFi scanner, it allows you to locate the WiFi networks with their name, MAC address, channel, signal level, encryption, and others.
KisMAC deals with multiple popular security protocols that are utilized to secure your wireless connection and protect it from hacking or other activities. It notifies you as an alert if anyone tries to access your WiFi along with device name, channel, and others details.
inSSIDer is command-line software that displays the essential details about your WiFi access points like channel, channel width, signal strength, Wi-Fi generation, maximum data rate, and security. It aids you in configuring the network, offers suggestions for fast & secure WiFi, displays the results in the form of attractive graphs or colorful charts, and more.
inSSIDer facilitates you to capture the configurations of your WiFi, such as channel settings, security, signal strength, and impact of neighboring WIFI networks. Another interesting function is that all the information is typically hidden for mesh systems or buried in a dozen configuration screens for standard Wi-Fi access points.
Acrylic Wi-Fi is one of the attractive software that locates the WiFi access points, channels and analyzes or resolves the complexities in real-time. The basic characteristics of this platform include display the WiFi channels in 2.4Ghz, and 5Ghz shows the access points which are present in surrounding like APs, smartphones, laptops, and others. With the help of its access blocking feature, it persuades you to add the MAC address of any user in the block list, enabling you to protect your network from strangers and scammers.
Acrylic Wi-Fi ensures you analyze DNS data that are collected from all available DNS servers to confirm that the DNS records are fully propagated. Through its modern dashboard, it displays valuable details like Wi-Fi networks information like SSID & BSSID, access points & signal strength graphs, and many others.
Lizard Systems Wi-Fi Scanner is one of the simple but efficient WiFi scanners that offer a convenient way to locate wireless networks along with all the corresponding information like name, SSID, MAC address, maximum and achievable data rate, security channel, and others. It entitles you to locate the signal strength distribution for the home wireless network and aids you to decide its best position where it can distribute its signals efficiently. You can also evaluate the allocations of the wireless networks by any specific channel and choose the least congested bandwidth for their access point, helping them to maximize connection speed without any hurdle.
With the help of its modern security system, it aids you to set modern security systems, like when any stranger tries to access your wireless network, it sends you an alert in the form of notification along with its detailed information like device name, geological location, MAC address and more.
Kismet is one of the efficient WiFi scanning tools that provides you an opportunity to detect the wireless connection and aids you in selecting the appropriate wireless connection having maximum internet speed. It works with WiFi & Bluetooth software-defined radio hardware such as RTLSDR, and many more. The main advantages of this platform include plug-in architecture to expand core features, XML output for integration with other tools, distributed remote sniffing via light-weight remote capture, real-time export of packets to other tools through tun & tap virtual interfaces, multiple capture source support, and many others.
With the help of its modern WiFi scanner, it locates the available WiFi devices in its surroundings along with their necessary details like SSID, MAC address, maximum and achievable data rate, and many more. It informs you like an alert when any free WiFi connection is detected, which is not present in any other software.
Wi-Fi SweetSpots is one of the attractive software that offers you a chance to minimize the WiFi speed fluctuations and locate the fasted and slowest WiFi spots in your room, making you place your WiFi router in a better place. You need to click on the scan button; it will display the graphical type interface having wave-like formation along with mentioned internet speed as MBPS & signal strength. After completing the rotation, it calculates the number of spots having maximum or minimum internet speed.
There is also an option to check the internet speed of your wireless connection or block the specific connected users with just a single tap. Another function of this platform includes you can change the WiFi setting of your router without changing the configuration settings.
NetStumbler is a software that allows you to detect the wireless local area network and lets different security tools protect your personal WiFi from strangers or hacking software. The main function of these platforms includes it aids you to locate the poor coverage areas in the WLAN network and enables the administrator to easily set up the network according to the requirement. After launching the software, it displays the open or encrypted WiFi networks along with their network details like name, SSID, MAC address, maximum and achievable data rate, security channel, and many others.
Other interesting functions of this platform include you can instantly detect other networks that might be causing interference with your network, locate the unauthorized access points in your workplace, aim directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links, shows the locations with poor coverage in your WLAN, and many others.
iStumbler is one of the professional WiFi security software that offers you a chance to secure your wireless networking structure without using any expensive third-party hardware. The stunning functions of this platform include discover open or closed WiFi in the surrounding, notifies you when any device is connected with your system in the form of notification along with the MAC addresses, locate the possible security breaches of the network, and many others.
iStumbler aids you to locate the program in your Linux system that is taking up more bandwidth without breaking the sequence of traffic down per protocol or per subnet. After launching this software, it visualizes the attractive details about your WiFi access points, including channel, channel width, signal strength, Wi-Fi generation, maximum data rate, and security.