You can use it on your phone and it’s not horrendous but I had an old iPad that I repurposed for the guys to use with the wipry. It’s much easier on a bigger screen.
On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 1:59 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > Sean, do you use a smartphone with that, or a tablet? Basically asking if > a 5 inch screen works, or you need something more like 10 inches. > > > > We all have phones, may not have a tablet, and a cheap tablet like a Tab A > probably won’t be visible outdoors. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Sean Heskett > *Sent:* Sunday, January 12, 2020 12:38 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WiFi analyzer apps for iOS > > > > https://www.oscium.com/spectrum-analyzers/wipry-2500x > > > > Not cheep, but lots of features and you can connect external antennas and > use it on laptop, tablet or phone. > > > > Apple doesn’t allow 3rd parties access to the Wi-Fi hardware. > > > > -Sean > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 8:22 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > OK, I’m not an Apple person. Not a big ideology thing, just don’t own any > Apple devices except for an old eMac in the attic and my wife’s very old > iPad. > > > > So I’ve been using Ubiquiti’s WiFiman app on my phone. I’m not a big > Ubiquiti person either, but the app is really quick and easy to use, so I > guess it appeals to my laziness. I tried a few others and they seemed > fussy and didn’t give me the info I wanted and WiFiman just works. > > > > Apparently the iOS version of WiFiman doesn’t have any WiFi features, so > it would be useless to me. I’m seeing conflicting information about Apple > supposedly locking all 3rd party app vendors out from accessing the WiFi > info. Yet there seem to be iOS WiFi analyzers out there. > > > > Is there a good WiFi analyzer for iOS? And if it’s true that Apple locks > them out from accessing the WiFi chip info, how do they do it? Or is there > some official Apple app you have to use? I’m not talking about the info > you get in Settings > WiFi when you go to join a WiFi network, that’s very > limited, not enough to optimize your router placement and configuration. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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