wavemon AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like wavemon

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 - VREM or Homedale. Other great apps like wavemon are NetStumbler, Kismet, Munin and Cacti.

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  1. inSSIDer icon
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    An advanced network analyzer that accurately visualizes Wi-Fi environments, provides signal strength timelines, supports 802.11ac networks, lists conflicting access points, and recommends channels, all while being accessible with just a dual-band .11n adapter.

    34 inSSIDer alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    inSSIDer Features

    1.  Network Scanner

    inSSIDer VS wavemon

     
    • inSSIDer is the most popular Windows alternative to wavemon.

    • inSSIDer is the most popular commercial alternative to wavemon.

    • inSSIDer is Paid and Proprietarywavemon is Free and Open Source
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    Optimize your WiFi network using WiFi Analyzer by examining surrounding WiFi networks, measuring their signal strength as well as identifying crowded channels.

    35 WiFi Analyzer - VREM alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    WiFi Analyzer - VREM Features

    1.  WiFi Signal Measurement

    WiFi Analyzer - VREM VS wavemon

     
    • WiFi Analyzer - VREM is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to wavemon.

    • WiFi Analyzer - VREM is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to wavemon.

    • WiFi Analyzer - VREM is Free and Open Sourcewavemon is also Free and Open Source
  3. Homedale icon
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    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.

    32 Homedale alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Homedale Features

    1.  Wireless
    2.  Network Scanner

    Homedale VS wavemon

     
    • Homedale is the most popular Mac alternative to wavemon.

    • Homedale is Free and Proprietarywavemon is Free and Open Source
  4. NetStumbler icon
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    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...

    34 NetStumbler alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.4.0, released in April 2004, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    NetStumbler Features

    1.  Network Tools
    2.  Network Scanner
    3.  Wireless

    NetStumbler VS wavemon

     
  5. Kismet icon
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    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.

    35 Kismet alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Kismet Features

    1.  Terminal-based
    2.  WiFi Signal Measurement

    Kismet VS wavemon

     
    • Kismet is the most popular Linux alternative to wavemon.

    • Kismet is Free and Open Sourcewavemon is also Free and Open Source
  6. Munin icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Munin Features

    1.  Network Tools

    Munin VS wavemon

     
  7. Cacti icon
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    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...

    56 Cacti alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Cacti Features

    1.  Graphs

    Cacti VS wavemon

     
  8. ntop icon
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    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.

    26 ntop alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ntop Features

    1.  Network Statistics
    2.  Server Monitoring

    ntop VS wavemon

     
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris

    nload Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Graphs

    nload VS wavemon

     
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    A command-line network scanning tool.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    netscanner Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Network Scanner
    3.  Detailed packet analysis

    netscanner VS wavemon

     
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    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.

    8 vnStat alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    vnStat Features

    1.  Stats
    2.  Graphs
    3.  Network Graph
    4.  Network Statistics

    vnStat VS wavemon

     
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    Scan your wifi network and obtain troubleshooting details, with extreme granularity.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Wifi Network Testing Features

    1.  Wireless scanner
    2.  Network Scanner
    3.  WiFi Signal Measurement

    Wifi Network Testing VS wavemon

     
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