What's new in WifiInfoView 2.93
Mar 11, 2024
- Updated to detect 802.11be access points.
New in WifiInfoView 2.92 (Jan 9, 2024)
- Added 'Start As Hidden' option. When this option and 'Put Icon On Tray' option are turned on, the main window of WifiInfoView will be invisible on start.
New in WifiInfoView 2.91 (Aug 24, 2023)
- Fixed to detect 160 MHz bandwidth correctly for 5GHz access points.
New in WifiInfoView 2.90 (Aug 14, 2023)
- Added 'Export Selected Items To .pcap file' option (Ctrl+E). When you use this option, WifiInfoView generates a .pcap capture file that you can open and analyze with Wireshark. For every selected access point, a single beacon frame with all information elements is added to the .pcap file.
- Added description text for 802.11ax information elements ("HE Operation", "HE Capabilities", "Supported HE-MCS and NSS Set", "Spatial Reuse Parameter Set")
- Updated to calculate the channel number and channel width for 6 GHz access points.
New in WifiInfoView 2.80 (Apr 26, 2023)
- Added 'Full Screen' mode (View -> Full Screen or F11 key).
New in WifiInfoView 2.79 (Mar 27, 2023)
- Fixed bug: WifiInfoView displayed incorrect channel range for 802.11ac networks with 80 MHz channel.
New in WifiInfoView 2.78 (Mar 11, 2023)
- Added 'Sort By' toolbar button.
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
New in WifiInfoView 2.77 (Jun 22, 2022)
- Fixed the default columns size in high DPI mode.
New in WifiInfoView 2.76 (Apr 6, 2022)
- Fixed the 'Mark Connected Access Point' option to override the 'Mark MAC Groups' option.
New in WifiInfoView 2.75 (Feb 14, 2022)
- Added 'MAC Group' column, which detects wireless networks with similar MAC address. When you see 2 or more wireless networks with the same number in this column, it means that they are probably generated by the same device.
- Added 'Mark MAC Groups' (Under the View menu), which allows you to mark wireless networks with different colors according to the 'MAC Group' value.
- Added 64-bit build.
New in WifiInfoView 2.72 (Dec 18, 2021)
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
- Fixed some high DPI mode issues (Status Bar, 'Choose Columns' Window).
New in WifiInfoView 2.71 (Aug 19, 2021)
- Added 'SSID Encoding' option - ANSI or UTF-8. The default encoding is now set to UTF-8. If you have SSID with non-English characters and it's not displayed properly then you should change this option.
New in WifiInfoView 2.70 (May 22, 2021)
- Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By). Like the column header click sorting, if you click again the same sorting menu item, it'll switch between ascending and descending order. Also, if you hold down the shift key while choosing the sort menu item, you'll get a secondary sorting.
New in WifiInfoView 2.68 (Mar 22, 2021)
- Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.
New in WifiInfoView 2.67 (Jan 11, 2021)
- The properties window is now resizable.
- The properties window now has multiple pages if there is no enough space to display all properties in one page.
New in WifiInfoView 2.66 (Dec 24, 2020)
- You can now use wildcards in the BSSID/SSID filter ('Advanced Options' window). For example: MyNet?? , 00-11-22*
New in WifiInfoView 2.65 (Sep 15, 2020)
- Added support for WPA3 detection (Security column).
- Added support for detecting 802.11ax networks. Be aware that the calculation of 'Maximum Speed' is still not supported for 802.11ax
New in WifiInfoView 2.62 (Aug 8, 2020)
- Fixed the /cfg command-line option to load the .cfg file from the current directory if full path is not specified.
New in WifiInfoView 2.61 (Jun 29, 2020)
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
New in WifiInfoView 2.60 (Jan 2, 2020)
- Added option to create a shortcut on your desktop that connects to the desired access point.
- There are 2 types of shortcut you can create - 'Connect Access Point By BSSID' and 'Connect Access Point By Name'
New in WifiInfoView 2.55 (Nov 12, 2019)
- Added 'Connect Selected Access Point' option. This option allows you to connect your access point from the window of WifiInfoView.
- If you have multiple access points with the same name (Wifi Extenders), you can choose a specific AP to connect.
- Added /ConnectAP command-line option, which allows you to connect to the desired access point , by specifying network name (SSID) and MAC address (BSSID), for example:
- WifiInfoView.exe /ConnectAP "MyNet" "00-25-9C-14-2C-39"
New in WifiInfoView 2.50 (Oct 21, 2019)
- Added 'Mark Connected Access Point'. When it's turned on, the connected access point is marked with green color.
New in WifiInfoView 2.47 (Sep 24, 2019)
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
New in WifiInfoView 2.45 (Apr 23, 2019)
- Added 'Restart Windows Wireless Service' option (Under the Help menu)
New in WifiInfoView 2.42 (Jan 17, 2019)
- Fixed bug: When the SSID of the device updated, WifiInfoView dispalyed incorrect SSID string.
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
New in WifiInfoView 2.41 (Oct 16, 2018)
- You can now send the data to stdout by specifying empty string as filename, for example:
- WifiInfoView.exe /scomma "" | more
New in WifiInfoView 2.40 (Sep 4, 2018)
- Added option to filter by signal quality (In 'Advanced Options' window).
New in WifiInfoView 2.34 (May 22, 2018)
- Fixed issue: WifiInfoView displayed incorrect channel width for 802.11ac networks.
New in WifiInfoView 2.33 (May 18, 2018)
- Added 'Country Code' column (For access points with 802.11d support).
New in WifiInfoView 2.32 (Apr 9, 2018)
- Added option to save as JSON file.
New in WifiInfoView 2.31 (Feb 12, 2018)
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
New in WifiInfoView 2.30 (Oct 10, 2017)
- Added 'MAC Addresses List' option (Ctrl+F8), which allows you to create a list of MAC addresses and their description. The description specified in this list will be displayed under the 'Description' column. The MAC addresses list is saved in 'WifiInfoView_MAC_List.txt' located in the same folder of WifiInfoView.exe
New in WifiInfoView 2.27 (Jul 27, 2017)
- Added description text for all types of information elements (Displayed in the lower pane).
New in WifiInfoView 2.26 (Jul 5, 2017)
- Fixed bug: The filtering in the 'Advanced Options' window didn't affect the output of the command-line options ( /scomma, /shtml and others)
- In 'Advanced Options' window - You can now also filter by SSID in addition to the BSSID filtering.
- Added 'Select All' and 'Deselect All' to the 'Column Settings' window.
New in WifiInfoView 2.25 (Jun 12, 2017)
- Added 'Stations Count' column (Available only for APs with 'BSS Load' information): Specifies the number of wifi clients associated with the access point.
- Added 'Channel Utilization' column (Available only for APs with 'BSS Load' information): Specifies the % of time that the channel is busy.
New in WifiInfoView 2.21 (Apr 2, 2017)
- Fixed the lower pane to switch focus when pressing tab key.
New in WifiInfoView 2.20 (Feb 22, 2017)
- Added 'Connected' column - Displays 'Yes' if you are connected to this network.
New in WifiInfoView 2.15 (Jan 24, 2017)
- Added '802.11 Standards' column, which displays the 802.11 Standards that the access point supports: 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11h, 802.11i, 802.11k, 802.11r, and more...
- The 'PHY Type' now displays multiple phy types (e.g: 802.11g/n, 802.11n/ac).
New in WifiInfoView 2.10 (Dec 22, 2016)
- Added new option to 'Advanced Options' window: Show only the specified BSSIDs (Comma-delimited list).
New in WifiInfoView 2.08 (Sep 14, 2016)
- The connection name is now displayed in the adapters list of 'Advanced Options' window
New in WifiInfoView 2.07 (Aug 11, 2016)
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file.
New in WifiInfoView 2.06 (Jul 18, 2016)
- Added 'Align Numeric Columns To Right' option
New in WifiInfoView 2.05 (Jun 6, 2016)
- Added option to show only networks in the specified channels (In 'Advanced Options' window)
New in WifiInfoView 2.00 (Apr 27, 2016)
- Added option to display only networks detected in the last xx seconds (In 'Advanced Options' window).
- Added 'Show only networks with detection count higher than...' option (In 'Advanced Options' window).
New in WifiInfoView 1.97 (Mar 1, 2016)
New in WifiInfoView 1.96 (Jan 20, 2016)
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file
New in WifiInfoView 1.95 (Dec 2, 2015)
- Added 'Affected Channels' summary mode, which shows the number of networks that affect every channel, according to the 'Channels Range' column.
New in WifiInfoView 1.90 (Sep 28, 2015)
- Added 'Channel Width' column, in MHz.
- Added 'Channels Range' column, which shows the actual range of channels that the wireless network uses (according to the channel width).
New in WifiInfoView 1.86 (Sep 3, 2015)
- Updated the internal MAC addresses file
New in WifiInfoView 1.85 (Jul 23, 2015)
- Added 'Minimum Signal Quality' and 'Maximum Signal Quality' columns to the 'Full Details Mode'.
New in WifiInfoView 1.81 (Jun 10, 2015)
- Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option
New in WifiInfoView 1.80 (May 12, 2015)
- Fixed WifiInfoView to calculate the maximum speed of 802.11ac networks.
New in WifiInfoView 1.79 (Apr 14, 2015)
- WifiInfoView now displays 'Cannot find wireless adapter !' message in the bottom status bar when there is no wireless adapter...
New in WifiInfoView 1.78 (Feb 25, 2015)
- The current display mode is now added to the window title.
New in WifiInfoView 1.77 (Feb 5, 2015)
- Added 'Next Display Mode' (Ctrl+1) and 'Previous Display Mode' (Ctrl+2) options to easily switch between modes.
New in WifiInfoView 1.76 (Dec 11, 2014)
- 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.
New in WifiInfoView 1.75 (Sep 18, 2014)
- Added new summary mode - Company-Router Model
New in WifiInfoView 1.70 (Aug 13, 2014)
- Added more command-line options: /DisplayMode , /UseOnlyAdapter , /NetworkAdapter, and more.
New in WifiInfoView 1.65 (Jul 18, 2014)
- Added 'WPS Summary Mode'.
New in WifiInfoView 1.61 (Jun 16, 2014)
- 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.
New in WifiInfoView 1.60 (May 27, 2014)
- Added 'Percent' column to the summary mode
New in WifiInfoView 1.56 (May 15, 2014)
- 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
New in WifiInfoView 1.55 (May 5, 2014)
- 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.
New in WifiInfoView 1.50 (Apr 24, 2014)
- Added command-line options to export the wireless networks list into a file
New in WifiInfoView 1.45 (Apr 10, 2014)
- 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.
New in WifiInfoView 1.40 (Mar 20, 2014)
- 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
New in WifiInfoView 1.36 (Mar 5, 2014)
- WifiInfoView now detects 802.11ac networks (according to the 'VHT Capabilities' and 'VHT Operation' information elements)
New in WifiInfoView 1.35 (Feb 19, 2014)
- Added 'Cipher' column.
- Added 'WPS Support' column.
New in WifiInfoView 1.30 (Feb 3, 2014)
- 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.
New in WifiInfoView 1.26 (Oct 1, 2013)
- 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"
New in WifiInfoView 1.25 (Jul 9, 2013)
- Added BSS Type Summary Mode
New in WifiInfoView 1.20 (May 22, 2013)
- Added 'Automatically Scroll Down On New Item' option.
New in WifiInfoView 1.18 (May 12, 2013)
- Added 'BSS Type' column - Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc.
- Fixed the flickering while scrolling the wireless networks list.
New in WifiInfoView 1.17 (Apr 30, 2013)
- Added 'Select Another Font' option, which allows you to choose a font (name and size) to use on the main window.
New in WifiInfoView 1.16 (Mar 6, 2013)
- Added 'Sort On Every Update' option.
New in WifiInfoView 1.15 (Feb 18, 2013)
- 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.
New in WifiInfoView 1.10 (Nov 5, 2012)
- Added new summary mode: Signal Quality.
New in WifiInfoView 1.05 (Sep 24, 2012)
- Added 2 new summary modes - Router Name and Router Model