The New WiFi Explorer Pro 3

We are excited to announce WiFi Explorer Pro 3. We worked hard behind the scenes to bring the app up to date with the latest enhancements in macOS Big Sur. You will also notice a refreshed user interface and a set of powerful new features. WiFi Explorer Pro 3 is optimized to run smoothly on Apple silicon Macs.

Create Custom Column Profiles

Custom column profiles are one of the major additions to WiFi Explorer Pro 3. You can use profiles to create and display different sets of columns tailored to specific troubleshooting tasks and scenarios.

For example, if you often troubleshoot Hotspot 2.0 networks, you may want to create a profile that displays information specific to those networks, such as HESSID, Vendor Type, and more. If you then need to work with mesh networks, you can create a mesh network profile and switch between column sets accordingly. Profiles let you display only the information you need for the task at hand.

Built-in columns, such as BSSID, network name, signal strength, and others are part of every profile, but you can choose whether to display them or not. You can also create other columns from fields found in the information elements advertised in beacon and probe responses. You can create new columns from more than 550 available fields!

Pin Columns

Column pinning allows you to fix a column to the left edge of the Networks Table so that it remains visible when you scroll horizontally. With so many columns available in WiFi Explorer Pro 3, pinning the BSSID and network name columns, for example, is especially useful.

Compare Networks

With WiFi Explorer Pro 3, you can compare the capabilities and configuration of any two networks. The app compares their advertised information elements field by field, indicating which are identical, which differ, and which are present in only one network. This feature is useful for identifying misconfigured APs on the same SSID, comparing capabilities across SSIDs, and more.

New Inspectors

Inspectors offer complementary functions and information that can help you to design, validate, and troubleshoot Wi-Fi networks. In addition to the Issues, Utilization, and Zigbee inspectors, WiFi Explorer Pro 3 incorporates three new inspectors in its right sidebar: History, Clients, and Proximity Beacon.

• History inspector: Shows the list of data points and the average, maximum, and minimum values for signal (RSSI), noise and SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) for a particular Wi-Fi network.
• Clients inspector: Shows information about clients associated with a particular Wi-Fi network.
• Proximity Beacon inspector: Shows information about nearby proximity beacons.

Comprehensive Help

WiFi Explorer Pro 3 now provides a new, comprehensive Help book. The Help book offers detailed guides to get you started on WiFi Explorer Pro 3. You can also dig deeper into all its advanced features to learn how to use WiFi Explorer Pro 3 more effectively.

Other Features and Improvements

Other new features and improvements you can find in WiFi Explorer Pro 3 are:

• Ability to select networks by clicking on them in the Spectrum and Signal Strength graphs.
• Ability to rename columns and change the text alignment (left, center, right).
• In addition to organizing networks by name, access point, and access point radio, you can now organize networks by vendor.
• Support for the Oscium WiPry 2500x spectrum analyzer.
• Improved annotation management and the ability to define wildcard annotations that match a set of BSSIDs.
• Ability to import and display scan results in CSV format from Analiti. Other external programs already supported are Aruba Utilities and Apple’s AirPort Utility for iOS.
• Additional sidebar (automatic) filter categories, including Overlapping Networks, Device Name, and Information Element. You can also choose which categories you want to have available in the sidebar and negate sidebar filters by pressing the space bar. For example, you can choose to show all the networks that do not advertise the BSS Load information element by selecting BSS Load under the Information Element category and pressing the space bar.
• The Utilization inspector includes a new column, Overlapping Networks, to show the number of networks overlapping on the selected channel.
• The connection to remote sensors is now made securely over SSH.

Price and Availability

WiFi Explorer Pro 3 is $129.99 and can be downloaded here. A 7-day free trial is available.