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NetSpot

NetSpot: collect, visualize and analyze Wi-Fi data using any MacBook

NetSpotOverview

NetSpot 3 is a professional multiplatform app for Wi-Fi network planning, wireless site surveys, Wi-Fi analysis, and troubleshooting. Best in its class for over 10 years. All you need is your MacBook running macOS 10.12+ or any laptop with Windows 7/8/10/11 on board and NetSpot which works over any 802.11 network.

Analyze your Wi-Fi Coverage
Discover the WiFi networks around you, and use their information to easily identify the least loaded channel, determine the WiFi signal level, etc. NetSpot will conveniently lay out the networks' names and information, like SSID, BSSID, signal strength, frequency bands, and more.

Visualize Your Wireless Network
NetSpot is certainly the most accessible native WiFi site survey app for Mac, Windows and Android. A few clicks, and you can begin a network site survey. Just point to where you are on the map and NetSpot starts measuring the wireless signal.
Move around your designated area proceeding to take measurements in every spot you want to analyze. That's it!
Now you have all the needed info to survey radio signal leakages, discover noise sources, map channel usage, analyze access points efficiency, etc.

Wireless Network Planning
A proper planning of a future wireless network is essential and will potentially save you a lot of money and time by being thoughtfully deployed from the very beginning. NetSpot has an extensive toolset allowing you to model your future WiFi space.
Use various wall materials to create the space layout, place doors and windows, choose the WiFi router type and model, rooms and their sizes and plans, etc. Once the visual heatmaps are generated based on your data, you can create the most comprehensive reports.

Troubleshoot Wireless Networks
NetSpot is your indispensable assistant in achieving a balanced WiFi network signal. You can build various visual heatmaps to clearly decide on the most optimal placement of access points, or to properly choose the bands and channels for a stronger wireless signal.

NEW

Added: You can now add your own router with custom simulation parameters to a Predictive Survey project if a specific router brand and/or model is not yet available in NetSpot; also very useful when you need to see how custom settings may affect your future WiFi.
Added: Select and manage multiple building objects together while working with a Planning project. Move, resize, delete, change parameters, copy and paste.
Added: It is now possible to set the transmit power and channel width for Access Point bands in Planning mode.
Improved: More Access Point brands and models are added to Planning mode consistently.
Improved: A way more advanced functionality of exporting, importing and merging snapshots.
Fixed: Subtle bug fixes and improvements throughout.

NetSpotInformation

Version
3.1.3520
Date
01.26.24
License
Free
Language
English
File Size
27.3 MB
Developer
SubCategory
Operating Systems
Mac OS X
System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.12 and higher
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