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Airmagnet WiFi Analyzer Pro.

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Airmagnet Wi-Fi Analyzer Pro By NetAlly is the industry standard tool for mobile monitoring, auditing and troubleshooting enterprise WiFi networks. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer helps IT staff quickly solve end-user issues while automatically detecting WiFi signal strength, security threats and wireless network vulnerabilities. The WiFi network analyzer enables wireless network managers to easily test and diagnose dozens of common wireless network performance issues including throughput issues, WiFi connectivity issues, device conflicts and signal multipath problems. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer includes a full compliance reporting engine including wireless PCI compliance, SOX, and ISO, which automatically maps collected network information to requirements for wireless network compliance with policy and industry regulations. With the latest support for 802.11ac, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer is the industry’s most accurate 802.11ac WiFi troubleshooting and optimization tool that never misses any WiFi traffic and helps solve problems right the first time.

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NetSurveyor is an 802.11 (WiFi) network discovery tool that gathers information about nearby wireless access points in real time and displays it in useful ways.  Similar in purpose to NetStumbler, it includes many more features. The data is displayed using a variety of different diagnostic views and charts.  Data can be recorded for extended periods and played-back at a later date/time.  Also, reports can be generated in Adobe PDF format. Applications for NetSurveyor include the following:

NetSurveyor is a diagnostic tool that falls under the category of WiFi Scanners or 802.11 Network Discovery Tools. The best known in this category is NetStumbler. A discovery tool reports the Service Set Identifier (SSID) for each wireless network it detects, along with the channel used by the access point (AP) servicing that network. The way this works is that roughly every 100 mSec an AP sends an “I’m here” beacon – and the discovery tool (running on your laptop and using its 802.11 wireless adapter, also known as a station or STA) picks-up that beacon and adds the SSID to its list of known wireless networks. In addition, the discovery tool reports the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) for each AP, which is roughly an indication of how close the AP is to your current location (i.e. how close it is to the client STA). Just to be clear, the RSSI reflects the strength of the beacon as received by the STA – it is not an indication of performance.

NetSurveyor distinguishes itself from other tools in its category in the following ways:

NetSurveyor is distributed as freeware and does not require a license.  You are free to download it and use it on as many machines as you like.

@jszentir

Appreciate the great share. I personally use this myself - however just the app won't be useful if you are attempting a full diagnostic, but it is a good tool.
You're device must have good capabilities. If it is your every day device, your internal antenna degrade over time and readings go off.
Your phone or tablet case will deter the signal as well and give you up to 10 +/- value.
so it is not as useful as a lot of people make it to be.
But I do agree, it potentially is one of the BEST out there for quick check and rough idea on signal strength and degradation and very straight forward and simple.

I personally use it to validate and sort out channel so there is not much noise, but the signal "level" is pointless at times.

How do you use it yourself @jszentir?

Oh and I am curious to know if @Datalink & @Gdkitty use this? Since those two are very well versed in Networking.

(I also know some guys in the tech industry use this exact app as well.)

Once again, Thanks for the share! 😄

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