Anti-computer baddy company McAfee offers a web-based Wi-Fi Scan which will check your wireless network for potential security holes. The Wi-Fi Scan will only work in Internet Explorer for Windows ...

File this project under “Getting Stuff Done” rather than “Shiniest Things”. [filid] works with a local free-WiFi access group, and wanted to map out the signal strength (RSSI) and coverage of their ...

Unsecured Wi-Fi networks can attract unwanted users who slow speeds and threaten security, but identifying and removing them ...

Android / iOS: A Lifehacker reader alerted me about the existence of Ubiquiti’s WiFiman app in a recent Tech 911 post—thanks, Rick!—and I wholeheartedly recommend it if you’re an Android user. The app ...

I’ve always loved the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. It’s inexpensive, compact, and performs well despite its simplicity. When I discovered Bjorn, a self-hosted Wi-Fi monitoring tool that requires minimal ...

A new Wi-Fi scanner tool is in Mountain Lion’s refreshed Wi-Fi Diagnostics Utility, allowing users to easily discover Wi-Fi networks within range and view related data not available from Apple’s Wi-Fi ...

Wi-Fi stumblers and analyzers are a must-have when troubleshooting Wi-Fi interference and performance issues, or when simply checking channel usage on the wireless bands. They’re also needed for Wi-Fi ...

Web browsers are powerful tools for checking your Wi-Fi. Usually, you can just go to Google and do a test search to see if things are loading slowly. Additionally, there are a swatch of websites and ...

When it comes to helping you troubleshoot wireless networking problems, Mac OS X can’t seem to make up its mind. The old Network Utility was appropriate primarily for network gurus. OS X 10.4 came ...