wavemon Alternatives for Windows

wavemon is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is inSSIDer. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try NetStumbler or Kismet. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to wavemon and eight of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to wavemon are Homedale, Cacti, ntop and Wifi Network Testing.

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wavemon alternatives are mainly Network Monitors but may also be Network Analyzers or Wi-Fi Hotspots.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of wavemon.
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wavemon is a 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...

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wavemon alternatives page was last updated Dec 25, 2021
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  1. inSSIDer icon
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    inSSIDer

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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.

    35 inSSIDer alternatives
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    • Windows

    inSSIDer Features

    1.  Network Scanner
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    • 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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    NetStumbler

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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...

    35 NetStumbler alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Windows

    NetStumbler Features

    1.  Network Tools
    2.  Network Scanner
    3.  Wireless
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    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated.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

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  4. Kismet icon
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    Kismet

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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.

    36 Kismet alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows

    Kismet Features

    1.  Terminal-based
    2.  WiFi Signal Measurement
    Main panel
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    • Kismet is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to wavemon.

    • Kismet is Free and Open Sourcewavemon is also Free and Open Source
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    Homedale

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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.

    33 Homedale alternatives
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    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows

    Homedale Features

    1.  Wireless
    2.  Network Scanner
    Channel Usage View on Mac OS.
    See an overview of all available access points with their signal strength, encryption [WEP/WPA/WPA2], speed and channel.
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    You can also monitor the signal strength of selected access points in a graph over the time. With a right mouse click, you can start logging to a text file and create a screenshot.
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  6. Cacti icon
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    Cacti

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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...

    55 Cacti alternatives
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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux

    Cacti Features

    1.  Graphs
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    ntop

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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
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ntop Features

    1.  Network Statistics
    2.  Server Monitoring
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    Wifi Network Testing

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

    24 Wifi Network Testing alternatives
    Main menu to select the tests you want to perform on your network

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Wifi Network Testing Features

    1.  Wireless scanner
    2.  Network Scanner
    3.  WiFi Signal Measurement
    Network speed tests
    Extended tests
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    Neighbor wifi router info
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    Virtual WiFi Hotspot

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    Virtual Wifi Hotspot is a free software router for Windows based system running Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012.

    46 Virtual WiFi Hotspot alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Warning

    Malware

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