Homedale

Wi-Fi / WLAN Monitor

With Homedale, you can scan for Wi-Fi / WLAN Access Points and monitor their signal strength. The details window shows all ‘Information elements’ and their decoded data.
Use the detected access points with Google Geolocation, Mozilla Location Service and Open WLAN Map Service to locate yourself.
It works with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless networks in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands using 20, 40, 80 and 160 MHz width channels.

Details

See an overview of all available access points with their signal strength, security [WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA3], network name (SSID), BSSID, vendor based on MAC address, channel, supported data rates and much more.
Details from information elements (IE) advertised by the access points are parsed and shown.

Signal Strength

You can also monitor the signal strength of selected access points in a graph over the time. With a right mouse click, you can start logging to a text file and create a screenshot.

Frequency Usage

See the usage of all Wi-Fi channels and find the optimal channel for your access point.

Connect

Make a right mouse click to connect and disconnect from a Wi-Fi / WLAN access point. The blue icon shows the currently connected access point.

Windows: Free Download Homedale.zip

Version 2.05 · 3 months ago · 870kb · VirusTotal Report

New: SSID and Access Point Name clearly separated and added to Log files

macOS: Free Download Homedale.dmg

Version 1.16 · 12 months ago · 3.6MB · VirusTotal Report

New: Export as CSV added

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Install using package managers:

winget install --id=the-sz.Homedale -e --force
choco install homedale.portable -y --ignore-checksum

Supported Languages:

English

French

German

Greek

Italian

Korean

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Slovenian

Swedish

Traditional Chinese

Ukrainian

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows 11

Windows 10

Windows 8

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Windows 2000

Windows Server

macOS 13 … 10.10

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Command line options:

/n <0/1/2>	0: Do not use ndis [default for >=Vista], 1: Use ndis [default for <=XP], 2: Use ndis exclusively
/r <x>	Refresh after x milli seconds
/s <ssid1,…>	Log only specified ssid's
/m <12-34-56-78-90-ab,…>	Log only specified bssid's
/l <file name>	Enable logging to specified file name
/d	Append to existing log file instead of deleting it first
/e	Log all access points
/c	Use , for log file instead of tab
/f <filter>	Filter access points for display and logging
/t <milli seconds>	Exit application after x milli seconds
/a	Log currently connected ap
/p	Or portable.dat file is in same folder, use portable version, save settings in Homedale.ini
/u <language code>	Change user interface language to specified 2 letter language code
/x	Use Unix time stamp in milli seconds in the log file
/g <600>	Number of records in the rssi graph
/b <seconds>	How long the last rssi will be shown if access point is no more found
/i	Start minimized
/h	Minimize to system tray
/o_connect <ssid>	Connect to this ssid
/o_bssid <bssid>	Connect only to this bssid for given ssid
/o_password <password>	Use this password for connection
/o_encryption <wep/wpa_tkip/wpa_ccmp/wpa2_tkip/wpa2_ccmp>	Authentication and encryption
/o_disconnect	Disconnect from current ap
/gps_baud_rate <4800>	GPS NMEA COM Port Baud Rate
/csv_load <file name>	Load CSV file with access points
/csv_save <file name>	Save all access points in CSV file on application exit
/?	Show all options