Who is on my WiFi network?

I am using airport extreme in a windows environment. What widget or application can I use to show me who is logged on my WiFi network? Thanks.

stanusj wrote:
I am using airport extreme in a windows environment. What widget or application can I use to show me who is logged on my WiFi network?
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
Assuming that AirPort Utility for Windows is sufficiently similar to the version for Mac, launch that program, enter "manual setup" mode for your AirPort Extreme, select the "Advanced" pane, then click on the "Logs and Statistics" button. In the resulting window you can see "Wireless Clients" under that tab and "DHCP Clients" under that tab. The "DHCP Clients" list may not show computers that are using a static IP address.

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