Show who is connected to your home/public wireless (WiFi) network

Wireless Network Watcher

Wireless Network Watcher

  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    Wireless Network Watcher 2.41 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Windows XP64 / Vista64 / Windows 7 64 / Windows 8 64 / Windows 10 64 / Windows 11

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  • Author / Product

    Nir Sofer / External Link

Wireless Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network. For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, MAC address, the company that manufactured the network card, and optionally the computer name.

Wireless Network Watcher doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. In order to start using it, simply extract the executable file (WNetWatcher.exe) from the ZIP file, and run it.

If you want, you can also download WNetWatcher with full install/uninstall support (wnetwatcher_setup.exe), so a shortcut for running the app will be automatically added into your start menu. After running the app, it automatically locates your wireless adapter and scans your network. After a few seconds, you should start to see the list of computers that are currently connected to your network.

If for some reason, WNet Watcher failed to locate and scan your network, you can try to manually choose the correct network adapter, by pressing F9 (Advanced Options) and choosing the right network adapter.

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What's new in this version:

Wireless Network Watcher 2.41
- Added 'Scan IPv6 Addresses' option. You can turn it off if you don't need the IPv6 Addresses information.


Wireless Network Watcher 2.40
- Added new columns: 'IPv6 Address' and 'Link Local IPv6 Address', which display the IPv6 addresses of the computer/devices


Wireless Network Watcher 2.31
- Added 'Black Background' option (Under the View menu). When it's turned on, the main table is displayed in black background and white text, instead of default system colors.
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.30
- Custom context menu: You can now add your own menu items to the right-click context menu, by editing the configuration file (WNetWatcher.cfg)
- See the 'Custom Context Menu' section for more information


Wireless Network Watcher 2.26
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database
- Fixed a few high DPI mode issues (Properties window, Choose Columns window)


Wireless Network Watcher 2.25
- Updated to work properly in high DPI mode


Wireless Network Watcher 2.23
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.22
- Fixed the /cfg cmmand-line ptin t lad the .cfg file frm the current directry if full path is nt specified
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.21
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.20
- Fixed bug: When a device had an IP address that was previously assigned to another device, Wireless Network Watcher displayed the User Text or name of the previous device


Wireless Network Watcher 2.19
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.18
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.17
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.16
- Added option to choose disconnect audio file for every device (In 'Device Options' window)


Wireless Network Watcher 2.15
- Automatic export feature: You can now choose to generate a new filename on every session (When you close the program and then run it again) or on every save. You can also generate a filename with date/time (e.g: wnw20170920123320.csv) instead of numeric counter


Wireless Network Watcher 2.13
- Added 'Reset Selected Items Dates' option, which resets the 'First Detected On' and 'Last Detected On' fields


Wireless Network Watcher 2.12
- Fixed bug: On some systems with multiple network adapters, Wireless Network Watcher failed to automatically detect the active wireless network adapter


Wireless Network Watcher 2.11
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.10
- Added option to export the current network devices list to a file (csv/tab-delimited/html/xml) every xx seconds (In 'Advanced Options' window)


Wireless Network Watcher 2.05
- Fixed bug with 'Execute the following command when a new device is detected': command was executed for previously detected device even when the 'only if the device is detected in the first time' option was turned on
- Fixed bug: 'Detection Count' did not work when the 'Show All Previous Devices' option was turned on


Wireless Network Watcher 2.03
- Added 'Advanced Options' icon to the toolbar


Wireless Network Watcher 2.02
- Updated the internal MAC addresses database


Wireless Network Watcher 2.01
- The connect name is now displayed in the network adapters list. ('Advanced Options' window)


Wireless Network Watcher 2.00
- Added option to delete devices from the list (File -> Delete Selected Items)