Wi-Fi site survey software?

[ponder]

OS: Linux

Any recommendations on software to use? This will be for a new site installation where one would check coverage (signal strength & quality) of wi-fi routers.

 

[Compton_effect]

There's a quie a few good ones for smartphones.
I like Wifi Analyser. Used it to track coverage on a mine once.

 

[MyWorld]

kismet/gkismet - This can be fine tuned to do almost everything, even gps map plotting with Google maps.
wifiradar - Very basic, but gets the job done.
swscanner (in Arch aur, website is down) - Have not used this, but comes recommended.

I have used kismet to a great extend in the past with testing wifi equipment. Very powerful.

 

[ponder]

There's a quie a few good ones for smartphones.
I like Wifi Analyser. Used it to track coverage on a mine once.

I still roll with a 3310

kismet/gkismet - This can be fine tuned to do almost everything, even gps map plotting with Google maps.
wifiradar - Very basic, but gets the job done.
swscanner (in Arch aur, website is down) - Have not used this, but comes recommended.

I have used kismet to a great extend in the past with testing wifi equipment. Very powerful.

Ta, thanks. I'll have a look at those.

 

[Compton_effect]

These smartphones can be quite handy.
Was a Strix network spread over 5 mining pits, spent hours driving around analyzing coverage.
The laptop was just too bulky. Easier to drive around with a Wardriving app running on the trusty 'ol S1.

But I had some other Windows software we used as well. I'll see if I can find a copy in my backups.

 

[Park@82]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en on android.

 

[bdt]

My go-to 'droid app is (also) Wifi Analyzer; note that MetaGeek have 'droid and PC versions of inSSIDer too. Alternately: go mad.

 

[bdt]

Any recommendations on software to use? This will be for a new site installation where one would check coverage (signal strength & quality) of wi-fi routers.

Also, you doing this in 2.4 band, or both? I see (belatedly) that you posted in Linux: what are you even using for with which to test (with)?

 

[Compton_effect]

Also, you doing this in 2.4 band, or both? I see (belatedly) that you posted in Linux: what are you even using for with which to test (with)?

oops:erm:

 

[bdt]

In which case, an update: alternatives. A further update for the 'droidarians: Wifi Scanner & Net Discovery, it appears good enough to replace my old fave.

[video=youtube;fNYjeHZokf0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYjeHZokf0[/video]

 

[ponder]

Also, you doing this in 2.4 band, or both? I see (belatedly) that you posted in Linux: what are you even using for with which to test (with)?

2.4GHz band I suspect. Will be a laptop & wi-fi router.

 

[bdt]

So, have at it with the one you like; try several, save screenshots and bring that data back here.

 

[ponder]

I ended up using a very cool cli utility called wavemon which is the dogs bollocks!

wavemon is a ncurses-based monitor for wireless devices. It allows you to watch the signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration, and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It has currently only been tested with the Lucent Orinoco series of cards, although it should work (with varying features) with all devices supported by the wireless kernel extensions written by Jean Tourrilhes.

Example from the web,

Another simple little trick is to simply cat /proc/net/wireless and if you want it to continuously refresh just do a watch -n 1 cat /proc/net/wireless

Who needs a GUI

 

[MyWorld]

Forgot about wavemon, did a bit of war-driving with it 8 years back.

 

[Compton_effect]

Nice one. Never seen that one before.

 

[ponder]

Forgot about wavemon...

Thanks, and there I was struggling my ass off to trying to install SWScanner