I'll experiment with it this weekend and see if it's something my team would be interested in for the odd site survey job. I see Kipkay on YouTube suggest NetSpot, which has a personal and commercial version in my personal price range/justifiable work expenses range. NetSpot is a simple and accessible wireless survey tool, which allows collecting, visualizing and analyzing Wi-Fi data. This easy-to-use WiFi analyzer for Mac can meet the needs of everyone from regular Mac users to IT professionals, and it works on any MacBook running Mac OS X 10.10+. If you desire something more sophisticated than the Mac Wireless Diagnostics tool, then NetSpot is an excellent choice. Compare price, features, and reviews of the software side-by-side to make the best choice for your business. Is anyone familiar with a reasonably priced software that is GPS compatible to generate WiFi heatmaps that can later be overlaid on a building plan/room layout or even a google maps screen shot to improve the quality of my reports? Alternatively, do you do this a different way?Įdit: Still open to suggestions. NetSpot (from 49 + free version available). I was thinking of looking for inspiration in old forums where I had seen people do things like that in the past, but it looks like almost none of the software exists as a free or reasonably-priced solution any more. WiFi Explorer finds and displays the configuration of nearby Wi-Fi networks, including network name (SSID), BSSID, vendor, country code, channel, band, security configuration, supported data rates, number of streams, and much more. I've got InSSIDer installed to monitor the perceived signal strength and run a ping to watch for packet loss and jitter, but besides that, I don't have a good way to produce a nice visual report. It can quickly identify channel conflicts, signal overlapping, or configuration problems. On occasion I get sent out to a clients to investigate reported dead zones or otherwise audit for signal strength. WiFi Explorer will scan, find, and troubleshoot wireless networks. NetSpot looks pretty promising and in my price range I should have said "reasonably-priced to me is 50-200" but I see some people have enough related business to justify some really expensive packages, which is pretty cool! Anyhow, thanks again and good luck next weak team. It uses familiar sidebar options for discovering more about a signal, or navigating the app but its main information window is where all the data is displayed. Sorry for not getting back to you all, long day at work and then had a sick family member most of the weekend and still finishing up chores. Where NetSpot has unique windows for visual graphics and data, WiFi Explorer keeps it all in one window so you don’t have to navigate. ![]() Hey everyone, thank you for your comments and suggestions.
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