Wireless Network Watcher v1.78Copyright (c) 2011 - 2015 Nir
SoferWeb site: http://www.nirsoft.netDescription===========Wireless
Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wirelessnetwork
and displays the list of all computers and devices that
arecurrently connected to your network.For every computer or device
that is connected to your network, thefollowing information is
displayed: IP address, MAC address, the companythat manufactured
the network card, and optionally the computer name.You can also
export the connected devices list into html/xml/csv/textfile, or
copy the list to the clipboard and then paste into Excel orother
spreadsheet application.System Requirements And
Limitations===================================* This utility works
on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows
Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.* This utility can only scan a
wireless network that you're currently connected to. It cannot scan
other wireless networks.* In rare cases, it's possible that
Wireless Network Watcher won't detect the correct wireless network
adapter, and then you should go to 'Advanced Options' window (F9),
and manually choose the correct network adapter.* although this
utility is officially designed for wireless networks, you can also
use it to scan a small wired network.Versions
History================* Version 1.78 o Fixed the feature added on
v1.76: Wireless Network Watcher now displays the 'Advanced Options'
window only if it fails on the first scan and the 'Show Advanced
Options Automatically' option is turned on.* Version 1.77 o Fixed
bug: Wireless Network Watcher failed to remember the last
size/position of the main window if it was not located in the
primary monitor. o Updated the internal MAC addresses database.*
Version 1.76 o When Wireless Network Watcher fails to detect the
network to scan, it now automatically displays the 'Advanced
Options' window.* Version 1.75 o Added 'Copy As Hosts File' option.
(Ctrl+H)* Version 1.73 o Updated the internal MAC addresses
database.* Version 1.72 o The 'Background Scan' option is now
turned on by default.* Version 1.71 o Added 'Always On Top'.*
Version 1.70 o Added 'Reset Selected Items Counter' option.*
Version 1.68 o Added /cfg command-line option, which instructs
Wireless Network Watcher to use a config file in another location
instead if the default config file, for example: WNetWatcher.exe
/cfg "%AppData%\WNetWatcher.cfg"* Version 1.67 o Updated the
internal MAC addresses database.* Version 1.66 o Added option to
choose another font (name and size) to display in the main window.*
Version 1.65 o Added 'Show Inactive Devices' option (Under the
Options menu). When it's turned on, Wireless Network Watcher
continues to display devices when they are not detected anymore,
but their 'Active' value is changed from 'Yes' to 'No' and they
also have a red X icon.* Version 1.60 o When you choose to scan
specific IP addresses range, Wireless Network Watcher now
automatically skips the broadcast addresses, according to the IP
addresses/Subnet masks settings of every network adapter. o Fixed
issue: On some network adapters, Wireless Network Watcher added
items with empty MAC address - 00-00-00-00-00-00* Version 1.58 o
Fixed bug: Wireless Network Watcher failed to load the external MAC
addresses file (oui.txt) when every line has 2 leading space
characters. (Sometimes this file is provided with leading space
characters, I don't really know why...)* Version 1.57 o Updated the
internal MAC addresses database.* Version 1.56 o Added 'Mark
Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on,
the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it
easier to read a single line. o Fixed issue: Dialog-boxes opened in
the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.* Version 1.55 o Added
option to set the interval of the background scan (In the 'Advanced
Options' window)* Version 1.50 o Added option to run .exe file when
a new device is detected (In 'Advanced Options' window)* Version
1.47 o Fixed bug: Wireless Network Watcher crashed on some systems
when starting the scanning and the 'Clear ARP Cache On Every Scan'
option is turned on.* Version 1.46 o Added 'Clear ARP Cache On
Every Scan' option. This option is useful for Windows 2000/XP,
because if the ARP cache is not cleared, a device might be
displayed as connected even when it's not connected, because the
ARP information is taken from the cache of Windows operating
system. On Windows Vista/7, this option is irrelevant, because the
ARP scanning is not affected by the cache.* Version 1.45 o Added
'Device Options' window (Ctrl+F9), which allows you to change the
beep/tray balloon configuration for every device separately.*
Version 1.42 o Add new option to 'Advanced Options' window:
'Activate the beep/tray balloon alert only if the device is
detected in the first time'. If you turn on this option, you'll get
a beep/tray balloon alert only if the device has not been detected
before (Detection Count = 1).* Version 1.41 o The tooltip of the
tray icon now shows the number of connected devices.* Version 1.40
o Added option to choose audio file to play when a new device is
detected (In Advanced Options), instead of using the default beep
sound of Windows. o Added 'Start As Hidden' option. When this
option and 'Put Icon On Tray' option are turned on, the main window
of Wireless Network Watcher will be invisible on start.* Version
1.35 o Added 'MAC Address Format' option, under the Options menu. o
Copy MAC Address option now allows you to copy multiple MAC
addresses.* Version 1.32 o Added new menu items to the tray context
menu: Start Scanning, Stop Scanning, and Advanced Options.* Version
1.31 o Fixed the sorting of the IP Address column.* Version 1.30 o
Added command-line options to scan your network and save the result
into text/html/xml file, without displaying any user interface.*
Version 1.27 o Added 'Automatically Copy Device Name To User Text'
option. When it's turn on, the user text of new device is
automatically filled with the name of the device.* Version 1.26 o
Added 'Scan On Program Start' option. You can turn off this option
if you don't want that Wireless Network Watcher will start scanning
automatically when you run it.* Version 1.25 o Added option to
choose the desired IP addresses range to scan. (In the 'Advanced
Options' window)* Version 1.20 o Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.
When it's turned on, icon of Wireless Network Watcher is added to
the system tray of Windows. o Added 'Tray Balloon On New Device'
option. If it's turned on, Wireless Network Watcher displays a tray
balloon when a new device is detected.* Version 1.15 o Added
'Background Scan', under the Options menu. When this option is
turned on, Wireless Network Watcher make a continuous background
scan to automatically discover new devices or computers that
connected the network, without activating the scan again. The
background scan is slower and less intensive then the regular scan,
so it won't overload your computer. o Added 'Beep On New Device'
option. When the background scan is turned on, you can use this
option to get a 'beep' sound when a new device is detected.*
Version 1.10 o Added 'User Text' column, which allows to enter your
own text for a specific computer/device, from the Properties window
(Alt+Enter). The text that you write will be displayed for the same
device in future scans. (The devices information is stored in the
.cfg file of Wireless Network Watcher) o Wireless Network Watcher
now displays the first date/time that the specified device was
found, and the number of times that the device was detected. (The
information is saved in the .cfg file) o When there are multiple IP
address blocks on a single network card, Wireless Network Watcher
now scans all of them (In previous versions, it scanned only the
first IP addresses block) o Fixed bug: In previous version,
Wireless Network Watcher randomly skipped some devices after the
scanning the first 64 IP addresses.* Version 1.05 o Fixed Wireless
Network Watcher to scan the entire network when the subnet mask is
not 255.255.255.0, for example, if the subnet mask is
255.255.254.0, Wireless Network Watcher will scan 512 addresses.
For now, it's limited for up to 4096 IP addresses, to avoid from
very long scanning. o Improved the scanning on slow computers or
slow networks.* Version 1.00 - First release.Using Wireless Network
Watcher==============================Wireless Network Watcher
doesn't require any installation process oradditional dll files. In
order to start using it, simply extract theexecutable file
(WNetWatcher.exe) from the zip file, and run it.If you want, you
can also download WNetWatcher with fullinstall/uninstall support
(wnetwatcher_setup.exe), so a shortcut forrunning WNetWatcher will
be automatically added into your start menu.After running
WNetWatcher, it automatically locates your wirelessadapter, and
scans your network. After a few seconds, you should startsee the
list of computers that are currently connected to your network.If
from some reason, WNetWatcher failed to locate and scan your
network,you can try to manually choosing the correct network
adapter, by pressingF9 (Advanced Options) and choosing the right
network adapter.Columns Description===================* IP Address:
IP Address of the device or computer.* Device Name: The name of the
device or computer. This field may remain empty if the computer or
the device doesn't provide its name.* MAC Address: The MAC address
of the network adapter.* Network Adapter Company: The company that
manufactured the network adapter, according to the MAC Address.
This column can help you to detect the type of the device or
computer. For example, if the company name is Apple, the device is
probably a Mac computer, iPhone, or iPad. if the company name is
Nokia, the device is probably a cellular phone of Nokia. By
default, this utility uses an internal MAC addresses database
stored inside the .exe file, but it's not always updated with the
latest MAC address assignments. You can manually download the
latest MAC addresses file from
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/oui.txt and then put
oui.txt in the same folder where WNetWatcher.exe is located. When
you run WNetWatcher.exe, it'll automatically load and use the
external oui.txt instead of the internal MAC addresses database.*
Device Information: This column displays 'Your Computer' if the
device is the computer that you currently use. This column displays
'Your Router' if the device is the wireless router.* User Text: You
can assign your own text to any device detected by WNetWatcher. By
default, this field is filled with the device name. In order to
change the User Text, simply double-click the item and type the
desired text.* Active: Specifies whether this device is currently
active. When a device is not detected anymore, the 'Active' value
is turned from 'Yes' to 'No'Background Scan===============Starting
from version 1.15, there is a new option under the Options menu-
'Background Scan'.When it's turned on, Wireless Network Watcher
first make the regular fastnetwork scan to discover all current
connected devices. After that, acontinuous background scan is
activated to discover when new devices areconnected to your
network. The background scan is slower and lessintensive then the
regular scan, so it won't overload your computer andyou can leave
it to run in the background while using other programs.When the
background scan is running, a counter of the scan process
isdisplayed in the second section of the bottom status bar.When the
background scan is used, you can use the 'Beep On New Device'option
to get a beep sound when a new device is detected.Command-Line
Options====================/cfg Start Wireless Network Watcher with
the specified configuration file. Forexample:WNetWatcher.exe /cfg
"c:\config\wnw.cfg"WNetWatcher.exe /cfg
"%AppData%\WNetWatcher.cfg"/stext Scan your network, and save the
network devices list into a regular textfile./stab Scan your
network, and save the network devices list into a tab-delimitedtext
file./scomma Scan your network, and save the network devices list
into acomma-delimited text file (csv)./stabular Scan your network,
and save the network devices list into a tabular textfile./shtml
Scan your network, and save the network devices list into HTML
file(Horizontal)./sverhtml Scan your network, and save the network
devices list into HTML file(Vertical)./sxml Scan your network, and
save the network devices list into XML file.Translating Wireless
Network Watcher to other
languages=======================================================In
order to translate Wireless Network Watcher to other language,
followthe instructions below:1. Run Wireless Network Watcher with
/savelangfile parameter: WNetWatcher.exe /savelangfile A file named
WNetWatcher_lng.ini will be created in the folder of WNetWatcher
utility.2. Open the created language file in Notepad or in any
other text editor.3. Translate all string entries to the desired
language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to
your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add
this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.4. After you
finish the translation, Run WNetWatcher, and all translated strings
will be loaded from the language file. If you want to run
WNetWatcher without the translation, simply rename the language
file, or move it to another folder.License=======This utility is
released as freeware. You are allowed to freelydistribute this
utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in anyother way, as
long as you don't charge anything for this and you don'tsell it or
distribute it as a part of commercial product. If youdistribute
this utility, you must include all files in the
distributionpackage, without any modification
!Disclaimer==========The software is provided "AS IS" without any
warranty, either expressedor implied, including, but not limited
to, the implied warranties ofmerchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. The author will notbe liable for any special,
incidental, consequential or indirect damagesdue to loss of data or
any other reason.Feedback========If you have any problem,
suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in myutility, you can send
a message to [email protected]
