Using the “Network Scan” plugin of WFilter. Not only you can scan online list of devices, device type, os, IP and MAC address, you also can get a list of open ports of each device.

In this example, I will guide you to use the “Network Scan” plugin of WFilter Free

1. Install “Network Scan plugin”

Click “Download Plugins” in “System Settings”->”Plugins”. Find the “Network Scan plugin” and install it.

2.Launch this plugin to scan your network

2.1 Local Subnet Scan

You can choose “Local Subnet Computers” for a local subnet scan. The maximum “Threads” number is related to your hardware capability.

When the scan finished, you’ll get a full list of online devices, together with ip address, MAC address and manufacturer, os type, ping value, netbios and open ports. Andriod phone and iphone can also be detected.

2.2 Scan by ip range

You also can input ip address to scan a target ip range.

This document decribes a new deployment of WFilter in a wireless network. The solution is to turn the wfilter computer into a wifi hotspot. So wfilter can monitor wifi clients using this hotspot.

Please notice: this solution uses the wireless adapter of the wfilter computer to share internet connections, its wifi signal might not be so strong as your wireless router.

1. Network Topology

2. Creating Wi-Fi HotSpot

Please check below steps to creating wi-fi hotspot in win8 enterprise. The detailed steps might be different in other windows versions.

1). This desktop has a wireless adapter.

2). Run “cmd” as Administrator. Enter the following command:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Test key=password

This command in below figure will create a wireless access-point with SSID of “Test” , key of “12345678″. You can modify the “ssid” and “key” as you want.

3). Run the following command to start wifi hotspot.

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

4). Now you will see a new microsoft hosted network virtual adapter.

5). Open your wifi’s property to enable internet connection sharing to the virtual adapter.

Now you shall be able to see the new wifi hotspot in mobile devices. Clients using this hotspot can be monitored by wfilter.

There are several other ways to create a wifi hotspot, you may do it in a way you like.

3. Setup WFilter

1). Run “Configuration Wizard” in “Help” of WFilter

2). Choose “pass-by mode”, set the wireless adapter as the “monitoring adapter” and “blocking adapter”, check “this adapter is wireless”.

3). Next until finish. Now you’re able to monitor connected wifi clients.

Due to complicated settings and network topology, it’s not easy to describe a question of WFilter.

For us to understand your question easier, we recommend you to use the “support” feature of WFilter to submit your support request. The “support” feature will gather required settings and network packets samples for diagnose purpose. So we can locate the problem quickly.

It’s simple to submit a support request. In most case, you only need to describe your question and click “submit”. (Figure 1)

In case when your question is related to a certain behavior(for example, email sending is not recorded), we will need a packet dump of this behavior.

You need to check “Add packet dump file(s)”, and click “Restart Capturing” for WFilter to start packet capturing. (Figure 2)

The default packet dump captures packets of all client computers. To make it simple, you’re recommended to capture packets for the testing client computer only. (Figure 3)

We will reply you by email when we get your support request.