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Wi-Fi Scan

The Wi-Fi Scan app surveys the 2.4 GHz band for nearby access points and visualises the results on the Nano. It's a quick way to see what Wi-Fi is in range before you pick a target for deauth testing, handshake capture, or AP spam.

The Nano has two scanning modes: a rich single-device scan with charts and per-network details, and a lightweight mesh-aggregated scan you can run across every paired Nano at once.

Single-Device Scan​

  • Open Wi-Fi -> Scan from the main menu.
  • The screen shows "Scanning..." while the device sweeps the band.
  • When the scan finishes, you'll see a small menu titled Wi-Fi Scan with four options: Channel Congestion, Signal Strength, Network List, and Rescan.

5GHz networks are not supported.

Channel Congestion​

A bar chart showing how many access points are broadcasting on each 2.4 GHz channel. Use it to see which channels are crowded and which are quiet.

Signal Strength​

A line chart of the strongest RSSI observed on each channel, with the matching SSID shown for the peak on each one. Use it to tell, at a glance, where the loudest network on each channel actually sits.

Network List​

A scrollable list of every network the Nano found. Selecting a network opens a detail page showing its SSID, BSSID, encryption type, RSSI, and channel number.

Rescan​

Runs the scan again from scratch.

Mesh Scan​

Works across the mesh

With Shiver on, Wi-Fi -> Scan can also be dispatched from Execute to run on every paired Nano at once. Each device contributes the networks it can see locally, and the combined list is shown on the Nano you started the scan from, with signal-strength bars for each access point from each paired device's point of view.

Mesh scan results today focus on RSSI aggregation so you can roughly locate a network by which Nano hears it loudest. The other single-device views (channel congestion chart, signal strength chart, encryption type, full detail view) are not currently aggregated across the mesh. Richer mesh scan views are planned for a future firmware update.

Scan results, whether single-device or mesh, are held in memory for the app session and cleared when you leave the scan screen.