The nearby networks at your fingertips
Get all the network information you need for the most optimal wireless router setup.
Your Wi-Fi planning and survey app
Wi-Fi planning and surveys are the key directions in NetSpot. You can plan new wireless networks, run a wireless survey and create WiFi coverage visualizations all in one friendly app. 20+ heatmap coverage graphs are available with powerful customizable reports.
Discover the surrounding wireless networks
Free NetSpot collects every detail about surrounding Wi-Fi networks and presents wireless data as an interactive table. It lets you troubleshoot and improve your network's coverage, capacity, performance, APs configurations, signal level, interference, noise, etc.
Discovered networks presentation
The networks found around your location are presented in a convenient manner — easily spot those you need with info like name, BSSID, router brand, channel, etc.
Compare APs
Collect live Wi-Fi data from all surrounding networks and quickly analyze them with the help of color-coded dBm data markers.
Access to graphs
Easy navigation between comparison graphs. Customizable signal level and noise charts display changes in real time. Locate your busiest and least occupied channels.
More info on APs
See channel info, transmit rate, vendor, security type, band and even more details about the APs available on the network.
Advanced network filters
Find the needed network from many APs around you fast. Efficient filters allow you to quickly find networks with specified parameters.
CSV Export
Inspector mode is ideal to locate Wi-Fi issues in a specific area. Save historical data per each AP for later review.
WiFi Site Survey
With NetSpot, the in-depth network analysis is a breeze, thanks to its interactive color-coded heatmaps. Outline your real-life Wi-Fi data on a map quickly and easily. Flexible professional reports included.
All projects in one place
Your projects are comprehensively laid out with their snapshots. Access them quickly through NetSpot's Open Recent menu, use sorting and filtering to find any project quickly.
Wizard
New project creation is a breeze thanks to an enhanced and optimized wizard.
Calibration
Calibration mechanisms provide more precision for your survey projects and visualizations.
Active scan, speed test
Use the Active Scan feature to measure your network's Internet connection speed for the most exhaustive survey report.
Multi-level Projects
Create multiple zones per project to represent different areas, floors, levels, etc.
Network groups
Conveniently manage networks by grouping them according to various parameters, e.g. rooms or floors of the office building.
Visualizations
Interactive heatmaps with detailed information on all surveyed wireless networks in every point of the map. NetSpot offers more than 20 heatmap visualizations that help troubleshoot and manage any Wi-Fi setup. By helping analyze every access point, NetSpot can scale up from useful-to-everyone to incredibly detailed for the true wireless networking mavens.
Passive scanning
- Signal-to-noise ratio
It compares the level of WiFi signal to the background noise level, the latter being the amount of outside interference determined at each measuring point.
- Signal-to-interference ratio
In signal-to-interference ratio the latter is specific to co-channel interference from other radio transmitters.
- Secondary signal level
Shows the second strongest Wi-Fi signal strength (measured as RSSI) detected at a specific measuring point. By analyzing this signal level, you can see how the secondary signal covers your space, where the clients may have inefficient switch between the APs, and experience degraded WiFi performance.
- Noise level
Shows the amount of outside interference measured at each point.
- Frequency band coverage
It allows quick visual analysis on different frequencies.
- Signal level
It displays the strength of your WiFi signal, which is important in combination with other values showing how signal level corresponds to interference level for example.
- Quantity of access points
NetSpot always shows you the number of currently detectable access points on your network.
- PHY mode coverage
It builds visualization by WiFi protocols/modes and shows where 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be mode is used.
Active scanning
- Upload speed
This speed reflects the rate of data transfer from the user's computer to the Internet.
- Download speed
This speed reflects the rate of data transfer from the Internet to the user's computer.
- Wireless Transmit rate
Shows the speed of data transfer from an AP to a wireless device.
- Iperf3 upload, download and jitter
As well as throughput testing with Iperf 3 or custom speed test servers, they help test the bandwidth performance.
Troubleshooting
- Issues with SNR
For troubleshooting purposes use the Issues with SNR visualization, which will help you determine the spots with the low SNR level that can affect your network connectivity.
- High level of noise
High noise levels can affect the signal strength of your network and create areas of poor connectivity or no connectivity at all — “dead zones”.
- Low signal level
Seeing visually where the low signal level is helps you fix issues with poor to no connection with certain access points.
- Overlapping channels
NetSpot will show you where there are overlapping channels, and the signal level is low, as well as low download and upload rates.
- Low secondary signal level
This heatmap allows you to visually assess the areas with a low secondary wireless signal. Based on the results you will be able to see what adjustments you could make in order to improve your secondary wireless setup.
Zone Variations
Create any number of snapshots within each zone to quickly compare Wi-Fi configurations.
Merge snapshots
Whether performing an APoS survey or a regular survey in larger spaces, merging your snapshots allows for a complete exhaustive picture leading to a top-notch result.
Export and import reports
Export your WiFi site survey reports into one of the convenient formats and share them with others. Export to PDF or CSV is available.
Easy project navigation
Your projects are at the ready — easy to switch between them with just a click.
WiFi network planning
Absolutely no equipment is needed except for your computer or laptop with NetSpot on board to estimate the number of access points the network will need for a smooth and even coverage.
Factor in the building materials of your space
Add the thickness, absorption characteristics, as well as the materials used in the walls, windows, and doors.
Advanced floor plan sketching
This option, especially helpful when in need of a fast solution, allows simply drawing the plan of your space with all the elements.
Multiple router options
Select a router model you are planning to utilize from an extensive list in the app.
Export to PDF
The data you obtain during measurements can be conveniently exported for further analysis.
Visualizations
Map out your space to create and analyze various visualizations for your future wireless coverage.
- Signal level
- Signal-to-interference ratio
- Quantity of access points
- Frequency band coverage
- PHY mode coverage
Put NetSpot to Work
Who it is for
- IT and network administrators
- Wireless Service providers
- Engineers
- Hardware vendors
- Consultants
- Wi-Fi deployment agents
- SMB
- Home owners
- IT professionals
What it can do
- Create effective and descriptive coverage maps
- Detect neighboring APs
- Explore wireless environment
- Improve connectivity
- Increase network speed and stability
What it can fix
- Rogue APs, broken APs
- SSID configuration issues
- Packet loss, high latency, coverage voids
- Excessive interference
- Conflicting and overlapping channels
- Signal leaks from your building
