WiFi Analyser reads 802.11 at the frame level — decoding every handshake, RSN IE, EAP exchange, and roaming event with AI explanation. No PCAP? Describe your symptoms. Get a root cause in seconds.
Other tools work at the RF layer (signal strength) or IP layer (ping/latency). WiFi Analyser works at the 802.11 MAC layer — where auth failures, roaming problems, and security issues actually live.
| WiFi AnalyserTHIS TOOL |
Netgear SupportVENDOR KB |
TP-Link SupportVENDOR KB |
Cisco TACENTERPRISE |
Ubiquiti UniFiCOMMUNITY |
NetSpotRF LAYER | WiresharkRAW BYTES | Speedtest OoklaIP LAYER |
PingPlotterIP LAYER | nOversightBROWSER 802.11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility & Setup | ||||||||||
| Browser-based, zero install | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partial | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Partial | ✓ |
| Vendor-agnostic (any AP brand) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No PCAP / symptom-first mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | CLI req. | Forum | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Time to first answer | 15 sec | Minutes | Minutes | Hours–days | Forum wait | Minutes | Minutes | Instant | Instant | Minutes |
| 802.11 Protocol Intelligence | ||||||||||
| MAC-layer frame decode | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | CLI only | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| RSN IE / cipher suite analysis | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Manual | ✗ | ✗ | Partial |
| EAP / 802.1X diagnosis | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | RADIUS logs | ✗ | ✗ | Manual | ✗ | ✗ | Partial |
| Roaming SLA / FT analysis | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | CLI only | ✗ | ✗ | Manual | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 65+ automated anomaly detectors | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI & Root Cause Engine | ||||||||||
| AI root cause explanation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vendor fix commands (Cisco / Aruba / Ubiquiti) | ✓ | Own only | Own only | Cisco only | UniFi only | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CVE-referenced security findings | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Some | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Measurement & Reporting | ||||||||||
| RF signal strength / heatmap | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Internet speed test (DL / UL / ping / jitter) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Ping only | ✗ |
| Speed + PCAP cross-correlation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Client-ready PDF report | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free — no paid tier | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Limited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Freemium |
| V1.1 New Features (Build 2026.03.31) | ||||||||||
| Scope Classifier (single vs multi-device vs infra) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 802.11r FT auto-detect & MDIE/FTIE parsing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | CLI only | ✗ | ✗ | Manual | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DFS radar event detection (U-NII-2A/2C) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Manual | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Symptom-first AI guided diagnosis (no PCAP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Forum | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Session Card export (Slack / Jira / JSON / Markdown) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Every enterprise Wi-Fi engineer knows the TAC drill. Here is the real timeline — versus WiFi Analyser.
Ubiquiti community? You are waiting hours for a forum reply, hoping someone with your exact setup responds. WiFi Analyser reads your frames directly — no guessing, no waiting, no "works for me" answers.
A speed test shows you a number. It cannot tell you that your client is stuck at MCS-2, that retry rate is at 38%, or that −76 dBm RSSI is the reason your 500 Mbps line delivers 41 Mbps to the laptop in the corner office.
WiFi Analyser connects the throughput measurement to the 802.11 frame evidence — so you know not just what is slow, but exactly why and how to fix it.
Every tool an 802.11 professional needs — from frame forensics to planning calculators. No download, no licence key, no waiting.
Measure download, upload, ping, and jitter — then correlate against your PCAP MCS index, retry rate, and RSSI in the same session. The only speed test that explains why the number is what it is.
6x parallel streamsNo account. No install. Works on any 802.11 capture from any vendor.
Launch WiFi Analyser →WiFi Analyser turns hard 802.11 questions into instant answers. These are real scenarios from network engineers and Wi-Fi professionals.
From field engineers troubleshooting deployments to CWNEs doing deep protocol analysis — anyone who needs to understand what 802.11 is actually doing.
Frame timeline, anomaly detection, AI root cause, and protocol intelligence — all in the browser. No install, no account.
Four synthetic 802.11 captures covering the most common Wi-Fi failure scenarios. Drop any of these into WiFi Analyser and see the anomaly detection, scope classification, and AI root cause in action — instantly.
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No install. No signup. Upload a PCAP or describe your symptoms — get frame-level 802.11 diagnosis with AI root cause analysis, free.
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