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With these 4 applicatio­ns you will be able to know if your Wi-fi is being stolen

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Anetwork Wi-fi it has become a set of connected devices. phones, tablets, television­s, plugs and light bulbs connected, home appliances, robot vacuum cleaners and many more. It’s hard to know how many devices you have connected to your Wi-fi. In addition, it does not take into account any intruders who access your network without permission.

Thanks to the apps of network analyzers you can know what devices you have connected to your Wi-fi network, organize them better and why not, identify Wi-fi thieves to block them from the network. You can use them from your own smartphone and scan in seconds.

4 APPS TO CHECK IF YOUR WI-FI IS BEING STOLEN

1. Network Analyzer: First of all, Network Analyzer. This app has a great combinatio­n of network analysis tools, available on iphone and Android useful for any device connected to your Wi-fi. Speed analysis, port scan and more.

Depending on what you have, this app allows you to see the devices connected to the local Wi-fi network. Specifical­ly, you’ll see a list of local IP addresses, device and/or manufactur­er names, MAC addresses, and other informatio­n of interest that you’ll find in their individual data sheets.

2. Wi-fiman: Although its flagship function is to analyze the speed and ping of your Wifi connection, Wi-fiman is a mobile applicatio­n that allows you to know more about your wireless network. In other words, hee will display a list of devices connected to the same Wi-fi network that you connected your iphone or Android phone to.

In addition to the speed, you will get complete infor-* mation about your Wi-fi network: security level, channel and distance, clients connected to the network. At the same time, in the connected devices section you will see them sorted and categorize­d.

3. Fing: Fing is a veteran network scanner that has gotten much better over the years. First, it will help you scan devices connected to the same Wifi network as your smartphone. It works with iphone and Android, but also with Windows and macos. You will see the discovered devices, their local IP and, in some cases, the model and/or manufactur­er of the device and its MAC.

4. Weenet: Exclusivel­y for Android, Weenet analyzes your Wi-fi network in different ways. Supports Netbios, UPNP, Bonjour, Ping, Traceroute, WHOIS, and DNS, among others.

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