WiFi Insight Wi-Fi Analyzer is an app by RidgeSoft, LLC in the Tools category. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 3 permissions, none of them sensitive.
What's new in v1.0.2.9
Corrected discovery of APs that advertise multiple hidden networks
Updated vendor database
Description
From the listing uploaded by “cainiya”.
WiFi Insight is a WiFi network analyzer that will enable you to:
• Quickly scan, analyze and monitor Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless networks around you with your smartphone or tablet
• Identify the WLAN access points that implement those networks
• Recognize which WiFi networks are advertised by which access points
• Analyze channel utilization, signal strength and WiFi coverage with easy to use charts and graphs
• Optimize channel selection and positioning of your access points for the best bandwidth, coverage and performance
• See SSID, BSSID, signal strength, channel, security settings and access point vendor information
• Apply filters so you can quickly focus on and analyze a particular network (SSID), access point, channel or band
• Analyze the roaming behavior of your Android device
• Configure a name for each access point
• See the WLAN security settings for each network
WiFi Insight is designed to be an easy to use WiFi analyzer for IT staff, professional network installers and tech savvy consumers to quickly analyze and understand WiFi networks operating around them. WiFi Insight is an ideal WiFi analyzer for understanding enterprise WLAN deployments where each access point advertises multiple services via multiple 802.11 radios.
WiFi Insight WiFi analyzer supports 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac based on the capabilities of your Android device.
WiFi Insight can analyze and monitor WLAN networks and access points from all vendors including Cisco, Aruba, Aerohive, Ruckus, Ericsson, Linksys, Netgear, Arris, Apple, Motorola, Tropos, Juniper, Avaya, D-Link, TP-Link and HP. WiFi Insight also works with access point features built into cable and DSL modems to analyze wireless aspects of Comcast Xfinity, AT&T U-Verse, Google Fiber and Cox high speed Internet services. WiFi Insight is an excellent tool if you are trying to troubleshoot or optimize your Chromecast or Fire TV connection.
WiFi Insight is a great companion tool for other WLAN test equipment, including Wireshark, AirPCAP, iperf, Aeropeek, Ixia, Veriwave, Chariot, Netstumbler and others. WiFi Insight allows you to quickly determine which channels and BSSIDs APs, eliminating the need to do trial and error packet captures to find which channel an AP is operating on.
Compare WiFi Insight to other popular WiFi analyzer apps and WiFi tools such as "WiFi Analyzer" and before deciding which one will be your go-to tool for WiFi network analysis.
WiFi Insight does not display ads.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Unknown
Signing certificate
Signed with a debug certificateDebug certificates are meant for testing, not for publishing apps.
Uploaded by “cainiya”172 followers · uploading since 2015
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Permissions (3)
WiFi Insight Wi-Fi Analyzer requests 3 permissions, none of them sensitive.
WiFi Insight Wi-Fi Analyzer APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the WiFi Insight Wi-Fi Analyzer APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Unknown. It is signed with a debug certificate, which is meant for testing, not for published apps. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 6e64b32fa161b19504f4c089348c6792.