WLANmonitor is a separate component of LANmonitor. This program is for the central monitoring of the status of a wireless network (WLAN). It provides access to information about the entire network in general and detailed information about individual WLAN controllers, access points, and associated clients. This program also helps you to detect third-party access points (Rogue AP detection).
WLANmonitor also provides the option to collect access points into groups. These groups may consist of access points gathered in buildings, departments, or at particular locations. In particular with large WLAN infrastructures, this helps to keep an overview of the entire network.
The program interface of WLANmonitor is divided into three columns:
The left column (Groups) contains a number of predefined group folders, which WLANmonitor uses to automatically categorize the different types of devices. You can rename these groups as you like, or create additional groups.
The middle column (Access points) lists the access points found by the WLANmonitor. Also display is key information about each access point.
- Name of the access point
- Active physical interface(s)Note: Devices with multiple WLAN modules appear multiple times in the list. Each WLAN module has its own separate entry.
- Number of clients associated with it
- The frequency band used
- The channel in use
- The transmission power measured by the device
- The noise level measured by the device
- The current channel load
- IP address of the access point
- The activation status of the Background scan
The right-hand column (Clients) lists the clients that are logged in to the selected access point. The following information is shown for each client:
- Connection quality as a bar chart
- MAC address of the WLAN client
- Identification or name of the logged-in clients, if these are entered into the access list or a RADIUS server.
- Connection signal strength
- Name of the access point that the client is logged on to
- Name of the WLAN network (SSID)
- Encryption method used for radio communication
- WPA version (WPA-1 or WPA-2)
- Transmit rate (TX)
- Receive rate (RX)
- Last error that occurred with the client
- IP address of the WLAN client
If no access point has been selected or if the respective access point has no clients, LANmonitor instead displays all existing clients.
