Ok I decided to start this post quite awhile ago on all the different software/ apps available for wireless engineers, but got caught up with work and study so has taken quite awhile to complete.

Now this is no where near a complete list, and if you want to add suggested applications in the comments that would be great, as there are always more being released by some very smart people.

I’ve broken down the list by different operating systems, and where I could find an URL I have added the link to it.

Note: I have decided to publish this post early to allow people to investigate the tools themselves, I will endeavor to come back and update a short description for each application

MAC OS

• Airtool

• WIFI Signal

• WIFI Explorer

• Debookee

• Terminal/iTerm2

• iPerf

• OS Tools

Windows

• Metageek Chanalyzer

• Ekahau Site Survey

• Savvius Omnipeek

• Cisco Spectrum Expert

• Airmagnet Survey and Airmagnet Planner

• Airmagnet WiFi Analyzer

• Airmagnet Spectrum XT

• Netsh Tool

Android

• Ekahau Site Survey Mobile

• Airo

• WiFi Analyzer

IOS

• Hurricane Electric 

• Airport Utility

• Nperf

• Speedspot

• SSID Overhead Calculator

• Cisco Wireless

• Aruba BluConsole

• Cisco Fast Traffic

• Cisco FastLane QoS

MultiPlatform

• inSSIDer

• Wireshark

• Speedtest.net

• Oscium (Android and IOS)

• Tamograph Throughput Test Client

Not Wireless Related but extremely useful

• Microsoft Visio
• An Image Editor
• Screen Capture program (or OS inbuilt ones)
• Various Web browsers (We all know that stuff should be designed to not care about the browser but doesnt alway work that way)