With iMapper WiFi we can turn our Android device into a laptop with test network tools. The app includes indoor signal coverage tests, wireless analyzer, test tool and many more things that we will discuss in this article. The most remarkable thing about iMapper WiFi is that it will allow us to create WiFi heat maps very easily and quickly, to see in a plane the coverage received from Wi-Fi by our mobile device, but this only
The first thing we have to do is download the application from the Play Store, its name is iMapper WiFi and you can download it directly from here:
Before starting, we must indicate that the version analyzed is the “Lite” version, so it does not have all the functions of the full version. In this case we are going to show you the most interesting ones that we can use completely free of charge.
This app offers:
- Network testing tools: such as Ping, Join Wifi, FTP and http testing network tools.
- Wi-Fi analyzer.
- Channel graphics display and channel analysis in use. Thanks to this we can choose the best best channel for that access point, router, etc.
- Various wave and time graphs of all surrounding networks.
The first time we start iMapper WiFi it will ask us to accept a series of permissions.
In this case, ask to allow the location permission and we will accept. This in particular is very common in network apps, if we do not give permission and activate location services, we will not be able to use its functions for WiFi scanning.
Then he asks us for another permission, that of access to multimedia content.
This time we are going to deny it, it does not give us anything, if we had the full version in that case it would not hurt to allow. This is the initial screen of the iMapper WiFi application. The sections that have a red box are the ones that we are going to cover more thoroughly.
Before starting, comment that the Mapper option is used to map a local network. Because quite a few parts require the full version of the app and the little use we can make of it, I have decided to skip it.
Now it is the turn of Sites Survey without a doubt one of the most interesting sections of the app.
Here we receive the information of all the Wi-Fi networks available within our reach along with some relevant data on each one such as:
- Network name.
- MAC address.
- Security encryption, in most we can see that it is WPA2.
- Signal strength.
In the image above with RSSI enabled that way, we see the Wi-Fi networks that are closest. As you can the values in db are lower, that means that they are closer and that we would get a better signal.
If we click again on RSSI it will show us the ones that are furthest from us.
Now it is the turn of CHN that orders the networks according to the channels.
The first time it will show us the lowest channels of the 2.4 GHz network but if we press them a second time it will show the 5 GHz ones first.
The next value would be SSID / MAC that sorts the Wi-Fi networks based on the names they have. Starts in alphabetical order from A to Z.
If we click again on SSID / MAC it will do the same but in reverse.
In the lower part if we click on Channel we can see the quality of the channels of the 2.4 GHz network.
Here it presents us with very useful information because we can see which channels are most saturated and if we need a change we can choose another that will give us the best result. If we press APs we return to the screen where all the APs (access points) or routers were.
In case you get this, it means that some function needs the full version of the app.
You click OK and if he doesn’t let you do something, you go back to the main screen. That is where we are going to click on RSSI Monitor that will show us three types of graph. The first wave and time.
The second wave-only graph.
And the third time-based.
Then we go back to the main menu and it’s AP Find’s turn.
In the red box you can select the network you want and thus observe the signal intensity. Now we go back to the main screen and hit Network Link . There we will discuss some of its sections.
The first would be Wi-Fi Join to join and test.
Now we are going to test Ping making one towards the router and when we want to stop we give Stop .
And finally, to finish with iMapper WiFi we have FTP with which we can test local and remote servers of this type.
As you have seen, this iMapper WiFi application is really complete, but its Lite version is limited, to have each and every one of the functionalities we will have to purchase the paid version: