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Five free Wi-Fi tools for Android
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Monday August 23, 2010
Going Mobile
Monday August 23, 2010
Having wireless capability on your Android phone is a huge plus. You can use it on your home network, in Wi-Fi "hotspots" and more. Doc looks at his five favorite free Wi-Fi hotspot finders for dedicated members of the Android camp.
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Quicktime Show Notes
Wifi Info
- Very basic program.
- Gives you complete information about your wireless network.
- Also displays wireless information of wireless networks around you.
- Gives you things like MAC address, internal and external IP addresses, and more.
Wifi Analyzer
- Gives you a visual look at local wireless networks.
- Also shows strength of signals and names.
- Tap Menu button and you can change the display.
- Have channel graph, Time graph, Channel rating and more.
- A variety of settings you can alter.
WifiScanner
- Clean and organized interface.
- Will display local wireless networks.
- Shows if a network is locked or open.
- Can alert you when it detects an open wireless connection.
WiFi Buddy
- You can setup automatic scanning.
- Can force it to Scan Now.
- Gives you the option to connect to any network.
- Has a number of configurable options.
WiFi Manager
- Can display networks in a list or in "radar" mode.
- Makes it easy to add a network to the list.
- Under settings, you can change the update interval.
- You can also have it disable Wi-Fi when you exit the program.
- In addition to the program, you get a widget that shows your network status.
- Very basic program.
- Gives you complete information about your wireless network.
- Also displays wireless information of wireless networks around you.
- Gives you things like MAC address, internal and external IP addresses, and more.
Wifi Analyzer
- Gives you a visual look at local wireless networks.
- Also shows strength of signals and names.
- Tap Menu button and you can change the display.
- Have channel graph, Time graph, Channel rating and more.
- A variety of settings you can alter.
WifiScanner
- Clean and organized interface.
- Will display local wireless networks.
- Shows if a network is locked or open.
- Can alert you when it detects an open wireless connection.
WiFi Buddy
- You can setup automatic scanning.
- Can force it to Scan Now.
- Gives you the option to connect to any network.
- Has a number of configurable options.
WiFi Manager
- Can display networks in a list or in "radar" mode.
- Makes it easy to add a network to the list.
- Under settings, you can change the update interval.
- You can also have it disable Wi-Fi when you exit the program.
- In addition to the program, you get a widget that shows your network status.
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