{"id":949,"date":"2012-10-20T00:57:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T00:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.netspotapp.com\/help\/?p=949"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:06:15","slug":"how-do-i-group-networks-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/how-do-i-group-networks-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I group networks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Home edition of NetSpot, the networks in the left sidebar are automatically grouped by SSID name. <a href=\"\/netspotpro.html\">PRO and Enterprise<\/a> level users have the ability to group networks by:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1112 img-responsive aligncenter\" title=\"NetSpot \u2014 grouped by SSID name\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NetSpot_group_networks_by@2x.png\" alt=\"Group networks by:\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mode<\/li>\n<li>Channel<\/li>\n<li>Vendor<\/li>\n<li>Security Type<\/li>\n<li>Frequency Band<\/li>\n<li>Custom Groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This makes it easier to select and deselect related networks with one click.<\/p>\n<p>To group by one of the first 5 options, simply click on the <strong>\u201cGroup by\u2026\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To add a custom group:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select <strong>Group by &gt; Custom<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on the network list and select <strong>Add a custom group<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1112 img-responsive aligncenter\" title=\"NetSpot \u2014 Add a custom group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NetSpot_Add_custom_group@2x.png\" alt=\"Group networks by:\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Type the name for your new group in the blank field that will appear at the top of the list.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1112 img-responsive aligncenter\" title=\"NetSpot \u2014 Type the name for your new group \" src=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NetSpot_Move_selected_APs_to_group@2x.png\" alt=\"Group networks by:\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Repeat steps 2 and 3 as needed for additional custom groups.<\/li>\n<li style=\"letter-spacing: -0.3px\">Drag the networks you wish to add onto the custom group name or select the networks by checking the boxes next to them, right-click on the network list<nobr>-><\/nobr>Move selected APs to a group ->select group name from the list.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1112 img-responsive aligncenter\" title=\"NetSpot \u2014 Move selected APs to a group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NetSpot_Type_name_for_group@2x.png\" alt=\"Group networks by:\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>To select, or deselect, all networks within a group, simply click the checkbox next to the group name.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"media post-download\">\r\n<div class=\"media-left media-middle\"><i class=\"box-40x40 icons icon-win-xs  \"><\/i><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">Download NetSpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/netspot-windows.html\">WiFi manager for Windows<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\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=\"How%20do%20I%20group%20networks%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>In the Home edition of NetSpot, the networks in the left sidebar are automatically grouped by SSID name. PRO and Enterprise level users have the ability to group networks by: Mode Channel Vendor Security Type Frequency Band Custom Groups This<\/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":[8],"tags":[96,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-site-survey","7":"tag-group","8":"tag-networks"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"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=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7601,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/7601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}