wavemon Alternatives
wavemon is described as 'wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work (though with varying features) with all devices supported by the' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to wavemon for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best wavemon alternative is inSSIDer. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wifi Analyzer - farproc or WiFi Analyzer - VREM. Other great apps like wavemon are Munin, Cacti, NetStumbler and nload.
wavemon alternatives are mainly Network Monitors but may also be Network Analyzers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of wavemon.
inSSIDer
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo37 inSSIDer alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Network Analyzer
- Windows
Let's face it-- there's SOOO much Wi-Fi everywhere these days, the built-in Wi-Fi tools and free utilities that used to help us understand the Wi-Fi environment just can't keep up anymore. Those tools don't help you see how many access points are in the same...
- - inSSIDer is the most popular Windows alternative to wavemon.
- - inSSIDer is the most popular commercial alternative to wavemon.
inSSIDer Features
Wifi Analyzer - farproc
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo38 Wifi Analyzer - farproc alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Android
- Android Tablet
Wifi Analyzer is a handy tool which helps you to select a better channel for your wireless router. It turns you android phone into a handy Wi-Fi analyzer!
- - Wifi Analyzer - farproc is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to wavemon.
- - Wifi Analyzer - farproc is the most popular free alternative to wavemon.
Wifi Analyzer - farproc Features
WiFi Analyzer - VREM
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo37 WiFi Analyzer - VREM alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
Optimize your WiFi network using WiFi Analyzer by examining surrounding WiFi networks, measuring their signal strength as well as identifying crowded channels.
- - WiFi Analyzer - VREM is the most popular Open Source alternative to wavemon.
WiFi Analyzer - VREM Features
Munin
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo63 Munin alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
Munin is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and "what just happened to kill our performance?" problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work.
- - Munin is the most popular Linux alternative to wavemon.
Munin Features
Cacti
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo52 Cacti alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Windows
- Linux
Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain graphs, data sources, and Round Robin archives in a...
Cacti Features
NetStumbler
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo34 NetStumbler alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Network Analyzer
- Windows
NetStumbler is a tool for Windows that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g. It has many uses:Verify that your network is set up the way you intended, find locations with poor coverage in your WLAN, detect other networks...
NetStumbler Features
DiscontinuedThe program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.4.0, released in April 2004, can be still downloaded from the official website.
nload
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo13 nload alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in- and outgoing traffic using two graphs and provides additional info like total amount of transfered data and min/max network usage.
nload Features
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and (with appropriate hardware) can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic.
Kismet Features
Homedale
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo34 Homedale alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Network Analyzer
- Mac
- Windows
With Homedale you can search for Wi-Fi / WLAN Access Points and monitor their signal strength. Use the detected access points with Google Geolocation and Mozilla Location Service to locate yourself.
- - Homedale is the most popular Mac alternative to wavemon.
Homedale Features
ntop
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo26 ntop alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
NTop is a hybrid layer 2 / layer 3 network monitor, that is by default it uses the layer 2 Media Access Control (MAC) addresses AND the layer 3 tcp/ip addresses. ntop is capable of associating the two, so that ip and non-ip traffic (e.g.
ntop Features
vnStat
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo10 vnStat alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
- BSD
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel as information source.
vnStat Features
trafshow
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo7 trafshow alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
TrafShow continuously display the information regarding packet traffic on the configured network interface that match the boolean expression. It periodically sorts and updates this information.
trafshow Features
DiscontinuedOfficial website and app unavailable.
