
Hotspot Shield now includes malware protection meaning that while using it, you shouldn't get infected by anything that may damage your system. Also, surfing with Hotspot Shield is noticeably slower than normal but it's fine for streaming video from video sites such as Hulu. In addition, it tries to install a toolbar at the beginning although you can opt out of this. Hotspot Shield Elite works very well and you don't have to put up with an ad banner at the top of your browser like in the free version. You can also view your purchase history for Hotspot Shield Elite in your browser.

The advantage over the free version is that streaming is much more stable. This is particularly useful for video sites such as Hulu or restricted videos on YouTube. The major reason why users are flocking to Hotspot Shield Elite though is because it allows you to view sites in the USA that are usually restricted to outside users. The VPN is encrypted with 128 bit SSL encryption so that you can surf safely without worrying about others intercepting your data. A green and red shield in your system tray indicates when Hotspot Shield is and is not connected. NetSpot also lets you easily select channels for new Wi-Fi hotspots with minimal signal to noise ratio.Įfficiency-wise, your Wi-Fi network needs hotspots placed correctly and radio channels assigned in a proper way: the visual Wi-Fi map you get thanks to NetSpot lets you see all dead zones without coverage and optimize hotspots' placements.Everything is done in an extra tab open in your browser so there's no need to configure anything. Once you locate an empty channel with no wireless networks - it's the optimal selection for a new Wi-Fi network.

Now viewing each channel separately is as easy as a pie. Load a map, collect some wireless site survey data, build a comprehensive heatmap of your network.

NetSpot is also an amazing wireless survey tool for Wi-Fi planning. Thanks to new Troubleshooting visualizations you can easily and quickly identify connectivity and wireless interference issues, find sources of excessive noise, resolve Wi-Fi configuration problems, and get automated professional advice on every issue visualized by NetSpot PRO. That's it: now you have all the needed info to analyze radio signal leakages, discover noise sources, map channel usage, locate effective access points, etc. Just point to where you are on the map and NetSpot starts measuring wireless signal right away, move around, and collect Wi-Fi data.

You need just a few clicks to load your office plan or area map and start a network site survey. NetSpot is the easiest native wireless site survey software for Mac.
