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IPWAVE / FREE DOWNLOAD

See what’s on your network.

IPWave Scanner finds the devices connected to your home or office network and shows their names, types and makers, flags new arrivals, and gives a plain-English security check-up. It’s free, needs no installation, and runs entirely on your own computer.

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VERSION 0.2.0

Download IPWave Scanner

Mac (Apple silicon)

Macs with an M-series chip.

.zip · 3.0 MB

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How to run it

  1. Windows: double-click the downloaded file. Windows may show “Windows protected your PC” because the program is new and not yet code-signed; choose More info, then Run anyway.
  2. Mac: open the .zip, then right-click ipwave-scanner and choose Open. If macOS blocks it, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway.
  3. Linux: extract the archive and run ./ipwave-scanner in a terminal.
  4. A small window stays open and the scanner appears in your browser. Pick your network and choose Scan network.
  5. When you’re done, close the scanner window to quit.

What it does

01

Finds and identifies every device

Computers, phones, TVs, printers, cameras and smart-home devices, each with its likely type, name, model, maker and address. It listens for the names devices announce, so you see “Living Room Roku” or “HP LaserJet M110w” instead of a bare number. Your router and your own computer are labeled.

02

Spots new and missing devices

The scanner remembers each scan on your computer. Next time, anything that wasn’t there before is flagged as new, and devices that have gone are listed separately. Give devices nicknames and mark the ones you recognise as known, so strangers stand out.

03

Keeps watch

Leave it running and it rescans every few minutes, with a notification when an unfamiliar device joins your network.

04

Security check-up in plain English

A short list of what deserves attention and what to do about it: a camera that shows its video without a password, Telnet left switched on, Remote Desktop you didn’t expect, or ports your router is forwarding from the internet.

05

Open ports and one-click device pages

See which common services each device offers, add ports of your own to check, and open a device’s settings page straight from the list.

06

Export

Filter and sort the list, and save it as a CSV file for your records.

Privacy and safety

Nothing is uploaded. The scanner runs on your computer and shows results in your browser from a local address that only your computer can reach. It has no account, no tracking and no ads, and it does not send your results to IPWave or anyone else. Scan history, nicknames and “known” marks are kept in a small file in your own settings folder.

It only scans private network ranges (such as 192.168.x.x), so it can’t be pointed at the internet. The security check-up runs from inside your network: it can’t see what is reachable from outside, and device types are best guesses. Only scan networks you own or have permission to scan. Some devices, such as sleeping phones or devices behind a firewall, may not respond and can be missed.

Verify your download

If you want to confirm the file wasn’t altered, compare its SHA-256 checksum with the values below. On Windows, run certutil -hashfile ipwave-scanner-windows.exe SHA256; on Mac or Linux, run shasum -a 256 followed by the file name.

92a18c99316cdb0ed93d72f0a531e9bcf784758cc0e9c5954287974c856245b0 ipwave-scanner-windows.exe c3cdaf4e6930706ef8e08b6466fac61e2031c0f88146f486e5753e632aa583f1 ipwave-scanner-macos-apple-silicon.zip b50ecc98c018c3f93d9a756d8c082973133022f058575e29c8426d036d74aa37 ipwave-scanner-macos-intel.zip e7b556ed0bf60b3186ff54edb46b4f3a5293615806321efb93f07ec597ebfb0b ipwave-scanner-linux.tar.gz
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