I have multiple wireless devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad) but I can’t find them in the list. Why?

Q: I have multiple wireless devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad) but I can’t find them in the list. Why?

[fusion_builder_container type="flex" hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="true" min_height="" hover_type="none" link="" border_sizes_top="" border_sizes_bottom="" border_sizes_left="" border_sizes_right="" first="true"][fusion_text] WiFi Explorer is not a network discovery tool. WiFi Explorer only scans and displays the information of the wireless networks that can be found within range of the computer running the app. It cannot detect or display information of client devices such as your laptop, iPhone, iPad, etc. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

By Adrian Granados|2022-04-21T00:28:17-04:00June 15, 2020|

WiFi Explorer is not a network discovery tool. WiFi Explorer only scans and displays the information of the wireless networks that can be found within range of the computer running the app. It cannot detect or display information of client devices such as your laptop, iPhone, iPad, etc.

About the Author: Adrian Granados

Adrian is the Co-Founder and Lead Developer at Intuitibits. Since 2009, he has created wireless tools for Mac, iOS, and Windows, combining software engineering with thoughtful UI/UX design and expertise in wireless networking.