Alternatives to Wireless Network Watcher
A small Windows utility that lists every computer and device connected to your wireless network. Notes say what changes if you switch.
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Wireless Network Watcher
A small Windows utility that lists every computer and device connected to your wireless network.
14 alternatives
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WirelessNetView
A Windows tool that monitors nearby Wi-Fi networks and shows signal, security and channel details.
NetworkConnectLog
A portable Windows tool that logs every device connecting to or leaving your local network.
NetworkConnectLog is portable Windows freeware that logs devices joining and leaving the network over time, with adjustable scan interval and IP range.
Advanced IP Scanner
Scans a home or office network and lists every device with its name, MAC address and shared folders.
Advanced IP Scanner also lists hostnames, MACs and manufacturers on Windows, adds shared folders and RDP access, but has no background alerts for new devices.
MyLanViewer Network/IP Scanner
A Windows IP scanner that lists computers, MAC addresses and shared folders on a local network.
MyLanViewer is a paid Windows scanner with new-device alerts plus rogue DHCP detection and email notifications when the external IP address changes.
Network Radar
A network scanner for Mac and iOS that lists connected devices and alerts you to changes.
WhoIsConnectedSniffer
A Windows tool that lists devices on your network by passively listening to their packets.
WhoIsConnectedSniffer listens passively instead of scanning, can reveal operating system and IPv6 details, but requires the Npcap or Network Monitor capture driver.
LanScan
A Mac network scanner that lists active devices on the local network with their addresses and vendors.
LanScan moves device discovery to macOS, resolving names over mDNS, SMB and DNS, with the free version limiting how many hostnames are shown.
Fing
Network scanner that identifies the devices on your network.
Fing alerts when new devices join and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, but history and advanced features need a paid subscription.
Angry IP Scanner
A fast, friendly IP and port scanner that needs no installation and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Angry IP Scanner is open source under GPL-2.0, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and scans any range for hosts and open ports with CLI support.
arp-scan
Command-line tool that discovers and fingerprints hosts on a local network using ARP.
WatchYourLAN
Lightweight self-hosted network IP scanner with a web interface and alerts for new hosts.
SoftPerfect Network Scanner
A multi-threaded IPv4 and IPv6 scanner that finds network devices, open ports and shared folders.
SoftPerfect Network Scanner covers IPv4 and IPv6 on Windows, macOS and Linux with WMI and SNMP queries, but it needs a paid licence.
NetAlertX
A self-hosted network scanner that discovers devices on your networks and reports changes.
NirLauncher
A portable launcher bundling more than 200 freeware NirSoft utilities for Windows.
