WifiInfoView - WiFi Scanner for Windows 7/8/Vista
WifiInfoView v1.81
Copyright (c) 2012 - 2015 Nir Sofer
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Description
WifiInfoView scans the wireless networks in your area and displays extensive information about them, including:
Network Name (SSID), MAC Address, PHY Type (802.11g or 802.11n), RSSI, Signal Quality, Frequency, Channel Number, Maximum Speed, Company Name,
Router Model and Router Name (Only for routers that provides this information), and more...
When you select a wireless network in the upper pane of this tool, the lower pane displays the Wi-Fi information elements
received from this device, in hexadecimal format.
WifiInfoView also has a summary mode, which displays a summary of all detected wireless networks, grouped by
channel number, company that manufactured the router, PHY type, or the maximum speed.
System Requirements
Operating System: This utility works on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2008.
Both 32-bit and x64 systems are supported.
Windows XP is not supported because this tool is based on new Wi-Fi API that doesn't exist on Windows XP.
If you want to get wireless networks information on Windows XP, you can use the .
Wireless network adapter and wireless card driver that works with the built-in wireless support of Windows Vista/7/8/2008.
Versions History
Version 1.81:
Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.
Version 1.80:
Fixed WifiInfoView to calculate the maximum speed of 802.11ac networks.
Version 1.79:
WifiInfoView now displays 'Cannot find wireless adapter !' message in the bottom status bar when there is no wireless adapter...
Version 1.78:
The current display mode is now added to the window title.
Version 1.77:
Added 'Next Display Mode' (Ctrl+1) and 'Previous Display Mode' (Ctrl+2) options to easily switch between modes.
Version 1.76:
Fixed bug: WifiInfoView failed to remember the last size/position of the main window if it was not located in the primary monitor.
Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
Version 1.75:
Added new summary mode - Company-Router Model
Version 1.70:
Added new command-line options: /DisplayMode , /UseOnlyAdapter , /NetworkAdapter, and more.
Version 1.65:
Added 'WPS Summary Mode'.
Version 1.61:
Added secondary sorting support: You can now get a secondary sorting, by holding down the shift key while clicking the column header.
Be aware that you only have to hold down the shift key when clicking the second/third/fourth column. To sort the first column you should not hold down the Shift key.
Version 1.60:
Added 'Percent' column to the summary mode.
Version 1.56:
Fixed the command-line scan (added on version 1.50) to wait until the scan is completed.
Added /NumberOfScans command-line option, which allows you to scan multiple times from command-line, in order to get a better result, for example:
WifiInfoView.exe /NumberOfScans 5 /scomma c:\temp\wscan.csv
Version 1.55:
Added 'Start Time' column, which displays the last time that access point was possibly started/restarted/rebooted.
Be aware that some access points reset their timestamp periodically without restart/reboot action, and thus for these APs, the time value dislayed on this column doesn't
represent the correct start time.
The 'WPS Support' column now displays the WPS status - Configured, Not Configured, or Locked.
Version 1.50:
Added command-line options to export the wireless networks list into a file.
Version 1.45:
The 'Security' column now displays the security mode of the network - WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and so on.... (Instead of Yes/No)
Added Security Summary Mode.
The 'Cipher' column now displays more accurate information. (Added TKIP+CCMP value)
Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
Version 1.40:
Added 'Copy MAC Addresses' option (Ctrl+M)
Added 'Show Lower Pane' option (Under the View menu). You can turn it off if you don't need the lower pane.
Version 1.36:
WifiInfoView now detects 802.11ac networks (according to the 'VHT Capabilities' and 'VHT Operation' information elements)
Version 1.35:
Added 'Cipher' column.
Added 'WPS Support' column.
Version 1.30:
Added 'Average Signal Quality' column.
Added 'Advanced Options' window (F9), which allows you to choose the wireless network adapter that will be used to scan the wireless networks.
This option is useful if you have multiple wireless network adapters.
Added 'Clear Networks List' option.
Version 1.26:
Added /cfg command-line option, which instructs WifiInfoView to use a config file in another location instead if the default config file, for example:
WifiInfoView.exe /cfg &%AppData%\WifiInfoView.cfg&
Version 1.25:
Added BSS Type Summary Mode.
Version 1.20:
Added 'Automatically Scroll Down On New Item' option.
Version 1.18:
Added 'BSS Type' column - Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc.
Fixed the flickering while scrolling the wireless networks list.
Version 1.17:
Added 'Select Another Font' option, which allows you to choose a font (name and size) to use on the main window.
Version 1.16:
Added 'Sort On Every Update' option.
Version 1.15:
Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.
Version 1.10:
Added new summary mode: Signal Quality.
Version 1.05:
Added 2 new summary modes - Router Name and Router Model.
Version 1.00 - First release.
Start Using WifiInfoView
WifiInfoView doesn't require any installation process or additional dll files. In order to start using it,
simply run the executable file - WifiInfoView.exe
After you run WifiInfoView, the list of detected wireless networks in your area is displayed on the upper pane and it's updated at
very high rate. You can change update rate from Options->Update Rate menu.
When you select one or more wireless networks in the upper pane, the lower pane displays the Wi-Fi information elements
of the selected items, in hexadecimal format.
Columns In the Upper Pane
SSID: The name of the network.
MAC Address: MAC address of the router.
PHY Type: The PHY type for this network - 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n, or High-Rate DSSS
RSSI: The received signal strength indicator value, in units of decibels referenced to 1.0 milliwatts (dBm), as detected by the wireless LAN interface driver for the AP or peer station.
Signal Quality: A number between 0 and 100 that represents the quality of the signal.
Frequency: The channel center frequency of the band on which the 802.11 Beacon or Probe Response frame was received. The value of this column is in units of Gigahertz (GHz).
Channel: Channel number used by this wireless network.
Information Size:The total size (in bytes) of all Wi-Fi information elements received from this wireless network.
Elements Count: The total number of Wi-Fi information elements received from this wireless network.
Company: The company that manufactured the router, according to the 3 first bytes of the MAC address.
Router Model: The model of the router. This value is displayed only for routers that provide this information inside the Wi-Fi information elements.
Router Name: The name of the router. This value is displayed only for routers that provide this information inside the Wi-Fi information elements.
Security: Specifies whether the network is secured (Yes/No).
Maximum Speed: The maximum speed (in Mbps) that you can get when connecting to this wireless network.
First Detection: The first date/time that this network was detected.
Last Detection: The last date/time that this network was detected.
Detection Count: The number of times that this network was detected.
Summary Modes
When you switch to one of the summary modes, instead of showing the list of all networks,
WifiInfoView only shows the number of networks and the average/minimum/maximum of the signal quality for every group.
For example, in the above screenshot, you can see that there are 25 wireless networks that use channel 6, 10
wireless networks that use channel 10, and so on....
In the example below, you can see the there are 9 wireless routers of NETGEAR, 8 wireless routers of Sagemcom,
and so on... (Be aware that some companies may appear more than once, with a little different name)
The following summary modes are available under the Options menu:
Channels Summary Mode, Companies Summary Mode, PHY Types Summary Mode, and Max Speed Summary Mode
The 'Company' Column
WifiInfoView allows you to view the company name of each wireless device.
The company name is determined according to the MAC address.
By default, WifiInfoView uses an internal database of MAC addresses/companies which is updated from time to time.
If you want to use the most updated database, you can download it from the following link, and put in the same folder
of WifiInfoView.exe:
Be aware that you must save it as 'oui.txt'
Command-Line Options
/cfg &Filename&
Start WifiInfoView with the specified configuration file.
For example:
WifiInfoView.exe /cfg &c:\config\csv.cfg&
WifiInfoView.exe /cfg &%AppData%\WifiInfoView.cfg&
/NumberOfScans &Number&
Specifies the number of scans to perform when using the save command-line options (/scomma, /shtml, and so on...)
/stext &Filename&
Save the list of wireless networks into a regular text file.
/stab &Filename&
Save the list of wireless networks into a tab-delimited text file.
/scomma &Filename&
Save the list of wireless networks into a comma-delimited text file (csv).
/stabular &Filename&
Save the list of wireless networks into a tabular text file.
/shtml &Filename&
Save the list of wireless networks into HTML file (Horizontal).
/sverhtml &Filename&
Save the list of wireless networks into HTML file (Vertical).
/sxml &Filename&
Save the list of wireless networks into XML file.
/sort &column&
This command-line option can be used with other save options for sorting by the desired column.
If you don't specify this option, the list is sorted according to the last sort that you made from the user interface.
The &column& parameter can specify the column index (0 for the first column, 1 for the second column, and so on) or
the name of the column, like &SSID& and &RSSI&.
You can specify the '~' prefix character (e.g: &~SSID&) if you want to sort in descending order.
You can put multiple /sort in the command-line if you want to sort by multiple columns.
WifiInfoView.exe /shtml &d:\temp\wifi.html& /sort 2 /sort ~1
WifiInfoView.exe /scomma &d:\temp\wifi.html& /sort &~Security& /sort &SSID&
When you specify this command-line option, the list will be saved without any sorting.
/UseOnlyAdapter &0 | 1&
Specifies whether to use only the desired network adapter. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/NetworkAdapter &Adapter Guid&
Specifies the guid of the network adapter to use, for example:
WifiInfoView.exe /UseOnlyAdapter 1 /NetworkAdapter &{F261051F-D217-12D0-B9A9-F61D323AD21E}&
/SortOnEveryUpdate &0 | 1&
Specifies whether to sort on every update. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/MacAddressFormat &1 - 3&
Specifies the MAC address format.
1 = XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX, 2 = XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, 3 = XXXXXXXXXXXX.
/DisplayMode &1 - 11&
Specifies the display mode:
1 - Full Details Mode
2 - Channels Summary Mode
3 - Companies Summary Mode
4 - PHY Types Summary Mode
5 - Max Speed Summary Mode
6 - Router Model Summary Mode
7 - Router Name Summary Mode
8 - Signal Quality Summary Mode
9 - BSS Type Summary Mode
10 - Security Summary Mode
11 - WPS Summary Mode
/UpdateRate &1 - 4&
Specifies the update rate:
1- Low, 2 - Medium, 3 - High, 4 - Very High.
Translating WifiInfoView to other languages
In order to translate WifiInfoView to other language, follow the instructions below:
Run WifiInfoView with /savelangfile parameter:
WifiInfoView.exe /savelangfile
A file named WifiInfoView_lng.ini will be created in the folder of WifiInfoView utility.
Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
Translate all string entries to the desired language.
Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site.
(TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be
used in the 'About' window.
After you finish the translation, Run WifiInfoView, and all translated
strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run WifiInfoView without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move
it to another folder.
This utility is released as freeware.
You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM,
Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this and you don't
sell it or distribute it as a part of commercial product.
If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in
the distribution package, without any modification !
Disclaimer
The software is provided &AS IS& without any warranty, either expressed or implied,
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental,
consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.
If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my utility,
you can send a message to
WifiInfoView is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of
WifiInfoView, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the 'wifiinfoview_lng.ini',
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