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Wifi Network Testing

Scan your wifi network and obtain troubleshooting details, with extreme granularity; using a colorful command-line tool with no technical skill necessary. (Assuming you are familiar with git, of course.)

Obtain the following details about your wifi connection:

Wifi statistics:

  • SSID / wifi name / access point / router name you're connected to
  • MAC address & manufacturer details
  • Channel details; connection cipher/encryption for your connection
  • Neighbor details:
    • Nearby router / access point signal strength (in relation to you)
    • Their router MAC & chip manufacturer info
    • SSID (wifi name) and overall neighbor channel utilization
    • What channel each router or AP is using
    • How many routers/APs total are on that channel

Connectivity assessments:

  • Connection detection
  • Speed tests & packet loss
  • IP & DNS information
  • VPN detection

Optional, built-in enterprise capabilities:

Useful in scenarios where you're in a multi-access point environment; several APs carrying the same SSID but are posted in different locations throughout your campus.

  • Determine whether or not you're on your organization's network / intranet
  • Assign custom AP names to access points/routers at your organization (useful when determining which access point in your building is causing issues, such as channel overlap or evil twin attacks)

Compatible Operating Systems

OS Pre-prerequisite Auto-Install (if not already in-use)?
Debian-based Linux network-manager/nmcli ☑️
MacOS brew ☑️
Windows 10 Git, Bash ❌ [details]

Screenshots

Test Option / Install Step Image
Initial Setup
Main Menu
#2 (Extended: Basic + packet loss, IP & DNS information)
#3 (Basic + speed test only)
#5 (5g channel usage)
#6 (Access point + channel usage) - appearance varies by OS; Linux looks the coolest
Channel lookup (Linux only)

How to Install

Useful Companion Apps (optional)

If you find this tool useful, you might also find these handy (both are currently for Linux only):

  • wavemon - ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices on Linux
  • wifi-channel-watcher - Monitor channel usage of neighboring routers/access points & get an alert if your active channel is not optimal

Known Bugs

There's a few cosmetic bugs that don't affect performance.

Credits

Original iteration of this application was written by my super cool boss.

I added cross-platform capabilities + enterprise AP customization, MAC lookups and channel details.