How to see who’s connected to your Wi-Fi Network?

Posted on May 10, 2021

Do you see that the working speed of wifi is slower than usual? Before digging into the research to enhance the signal and improve WiFi performance, first determine who is connected to your WiFi network.

Many devices in your home may be connected to a WiFi network, such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, as well as smart light bulbs, and home assistants. However, this may only be due to logging in to a stranger, which is due to your WiFi.

There can be many different reasons why you’d like to know what devices are connected to your WiFi. There are two ways you can go about this: Through your router’s web interface, or using network scanning software.

See Who Is Connected To WiFi With Your Router

Your best option is to check your wireless router. You can do it in just a few minutes and don’t need to download any third-party apps to perform the check.

One thing you need before you do this is your wireless router’s IP address.

How to Find Your Router’s IP Address

In order to log into your router’s web interface, you’ll need to open a browser on any of your devices that are connected to your router. Then open a new browser tab and type your router’s IP address into the address bar.

Most routers have a default IP address of 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. If you tried typing both of them into your browser and neither of them works, you can find your router’s IP address on the backside of your wireless router.

The easy way to do it on Windows is by using the Command Prompt utility. When you launch the utility, type the ipconfig command and press Enter.
From there, you’ll find your IP address under Default Gateway.
On Mac, click on the WiFi icon in the menu bar and choose Open Network Preferences.
In your Network settings, choose Wi-Fi from the left-side menu and click Advanced in the bottom-right corner of the window.
Then choose the TCP/IP tab in the next window. There you’ll find your IP address under Router.

How To See Who’s Connected To Your Wifi Network

Now that you have your IP address, open a new browser tab and type it in. This will take you to the router’s login page. Some routers will have admin and password as the default login credentials.
Alternatively, you can find those details on the backside of your router together with the IP address. If you have changed that previously, enter your new details to log in. If you don’t remember your username and password, you can reset the router and then use the default credentials to log in.
After you log in, you’ll need to navigate to the list of connected devices. Depending on your router, this information could be located in different places.
Some routers will have all the devices listed on the main page under WiFi.
On D-Link routers, you have to go to the Status tab and find Wireless Clients to get the list of the devices.
On Verizon routers, the section you need is called My Network. While on Netgear, you need to look for Attached Devices.

Use a Network Scanner To See Who’s Using Your WiFi

Using your router’s web interface is the ideal way of checking who’s connected to your WiFi. However, there are other methods you can use. If your router doesn’t offer an option to see the list via its web interface, you can download software to your computer that will scan the WiFi network you’re using and list the connected devices.

There are quite a few different network scanners out there that you can use. To name a few tools that have proven their worth, we recommend LanScan for Mac, SoftPerfect for Windows and Mac, and Angry IP Scanner for Windows, Mac, and Linux.