We use the Ekahau Site Survey Professional package which comes with a spectrum
analyzer (Metageek Chanalyzer). The site survey planning, troubleshooting and
reporting features are incredible (especially if you use Cisco and have
WCS/Prime Infrastructure). We have used the Yellowjacket Wi-Fi analyzer in the
past and the Ekahau/Chanalyzer package blows it out of the water in terms of
ease of use, battery consumption and mobility. The professional package also
comes with Ekahau's mobile site survey software for Android that will passively
check for wireless network issues and report them as you're walking around
campus.
Overall incredibly happy with the software and support.
--
Devyn Moore
Campus Wireless Network Engineer
Information Technology Services
http://directory.uark.edu/people/devyn
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>>
on behalf of Steve Fletty mailto:fle...@umn.edu>>
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>>
Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 at 3:03 PM
To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>>
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] request for info on WiFi Analyzer Pro software
We use it and it works well.
They also have a less expensive tool, which includes site survey capabilities,
called Aircheck (same name as the stand-alone hand-held unit), for both Windows
or Android. Not as full featured, but may meet basic requirements...I haven't
used that for a survey yet, but it would be a decent tool for techs or students
without extensive WiFi skills.
You might want to check out Ehahau too, especially if you want to do any
planning. The Ekahau survey tool has a planning tool that lets you use CAD
files, if you have them, and assign RF properties to obstacles on import, which
you can't do in the Airmagnet planning tool. They require you to draw
obstacleswhich is just too painful.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Sullivan, Don
mailto:dsulli...@samford.edu>> wrote:
I wanted to query the list to see if anybody was using the AirMagnet WiFi
Analyzer Pro software and what was their experience with it. We are currently
looking at it to enhance our troubleshooting tools and was wondering if it was
worth the expense. Thanks.
Don Sullivan
Network Administrator
205-726-2111
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