{"id":582,"date":"2012-10-18T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.netspotapp.com\/help\/?p=582"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:19:21","slug":"netspot-2-0-release-notes-whats-new-in-version-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/netspot-2-0-release-notes-whats-new-in-version-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"NetSpot 2.0 Release Notes: What&#8217;s New In Version 2.0?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-876 img-responsive\" title=\"NetSpot 2.0 is here!\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NetSpot2.0Teaser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NetSpot2.0Teaser.png 640w, https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NetSpot2.0Teaser-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re so excited to announce the release of NetSpot 2.0. Users of version 1.3 will see many improvements and we have added a bunch of cool new features. The standard version of NetSpot remains completely free, as always. However, we are pleased to announce that we now have two upgrade options: PRO and Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>The PRO edition gives network administrators even more advanced features, including multi-floor scanning and active scanning (more on that below). The Enterprise edition allows commercial use and provides licenses to all users within a company, along with priority support. See our <a href=\"\/netspotpro.html\">upgrade page<\/a> for pricing and a feature comparison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/troubleshooting.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-816 img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a7a7a7;\" title=\"NetSpot 2: Troubleshooting visualizations\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/troubleshooting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/troubleshooting.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/troubleshooting-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s New<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On November 14th 2012 NetSpot 2.0 was updated to 2.0.274. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"\/updates\/netspot2-changelog-274-blog.html\">the list of changes<\/a> in this minor release.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the major new features in 2.0. The word [PRO] means it is a PRO\/Enterprise feature only.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/help\/move-delete-measurement\/\">Sampling Point Deletion<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Any data point may now be deleted at any point during the scan. No starting over if you place a point in the wrong spot!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Streamlined User Interface: <\/strong>Refreshed and sleek, the new interface simplifies the site survey process and improves your workflow.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/help\/what-is-discover-mode\/\">Wireless Discover Mode<\/a>:<\/strong> Allows you to quickly identify surrounding Wi-Fi networks and analyze them &#8212; without needing to run a full survey.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/help\/how-do-i-manually-relocate-an-ap\/\">Manual Re-location of APs<\/a>:<\/strong> If the location of an AP isn&#8217;t quite right, it can now be moved with just a click.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/help\/category\/troubleshooting\/\">Troubleshooting Advice<\/a>:<\/strong> Our knowledgebase now provides advice on how to solve six of the most common Wi-Fi network issues: low signal strength, high noise levels, issues with SNR, issues with SIR, low upload rates, and low download rates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a title=\"How do I use the Active Scanning feature? [PRO]\" href=\"\/help\/active-scanning\/\">Active Scanning<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Gives you the ability to measure actual Internet speed in your survey area. Upload and download speeds, as well as wireless transmit rates are recorded.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] Active Scanning Visualizations:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/help\/what-is-upload-speed\/\">Upload Speed<\/a>, <a href=\"\/help\/what-is-download-speed\/\">Download Speed<\/a> and <a href=\"\/help\/wireless-transmit-rate\/\">Wireless Transmit Rate<\/a> heat maps are available for active scans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a href=\"\/help\/automated-troubleshooting\/\">Automated Troubleshooting Visualizations<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Six special troubleshooting visualizations highlight areas of potential problems and provide you with recommendations on how to improve them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a href=\"\/help\/what-is-multi-floor-scanning\/\">Multi-Floor Scanning<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Allows smart multi-floor placement of discovered APs. APs from other floors will be shown as ghosts on the map.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a href=\"\/help\/zone-snapshots\/ \">Zone Snapshots<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Easily duplicate zones, so you don&#8217;t need to configure new zones every time you relocate your hotspots or make changes to the environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a title=\"How do I group networks? [PRO]\" href=\"\/help\/how-do-i-group-networks-pro\/\">Advanced Network Grouping<\/a>: <\/strong>Easily\u00a0group networks by band, channel, vendor, or security type\u00a0&#8212; or set up your own\u00a0custom groups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a title=\"How do I scan for hidden SSIDs? [PRO]\" href=\"\/help\/hidden-ssids\/\">Hidden Network Scanning<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Finally, networks that don&#8217;t broadcast their SSIDs can also be scanned.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] Autosave:<\/strong>\u00a0Don&#8217;t worry about losing your data with automatic project saving every 1, 5 or 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a href=\"\/help\/rename-ap\/\">Custom Aliases<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Now you can assign custom aliases to your APs to better manage your hotspots.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[PRO] <a title=\"What is the zone\u2019s area type? [PRO]\" href=\"\/help\/zone-environment-type\/\">Environment-Based Project Presets<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0For users scanning large areas, these presets will customize the prediction sampling radius, allowing a greater distance between sampling points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Improved<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Map icons:<\/strong> More informative map indicators now show your scanning progress.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PDF Exports:<\/strong> Better exports of visualizations into PDF that include technical information about the survey. The PDFs can also\u00a0have the sampling points and scanning path displayed or hidden, just like in the app itself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Display:<\/strong>\u00a0Hovering over any spot on your map will update displayed parameters in real-time &#8212; no need to click to see the values under the cursor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AP Detection:<\/strong>\u00a0Improved predictive automatic detection of AP locations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Algorithms:<\/strong>\u00a0Better algorithms for passive scanning and standard visualizations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ability to Rename:<\/strong>\u00a0Now users can rename projects, zones and snapshots.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keyboard Commands:<\/strong>\u00a0The last sample can be canceled by hitting CMD+Z.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drag-N-Drop<\/strong>: NetSpot project files can be opened by drag-n-dropping them on the app or its dock icon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hibernation:<\/strong> NetSpot now supports hibernation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantity of APs:<\/strong> When you hover over a spot on the map in the Quantity of APs visualization, the corresponding shade of grey is highlighted on the scale at the bottom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t stop here. We have a bunch more requested features in the pipeline, including:\u00a0active scanning on a per-sample level,\u00a0advanced flexible multi-visualization exports and zone snapshot comparisons.<br \/>\n<div class=\"media post-download\">\r\n<div class=\"media-left media-middle\"><i class=\"box-40x40 icons icon-win-xs  \"><\/i><\/div> <div class=\"media-body media-middle\">NetSpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/netspot-windows.html\">Wi-Fi booster for Windows<\/a> is available<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"google\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"netspotapp\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"NetSpot%202.0%20Release%20Notes%3A%20What%27s%20New%20In%20Version%202.0%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re so excited to announce the release of NetSpot 2.0. Users of version 1.3 will see many improvements and we have added a bunch of cool new features. The standard version of NetSpot remains completely free, as always. However, we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15],"class_list":{"0":"post-582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news-and-releases","7":"tag-release"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9191,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/9191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}