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WFD4 Roundtable: Tools of the (Wi-Fi) Trade



Wireless Field Day 4



This video is part of the appearance, “Delegate Roundtables at Wireless Field Day 4“. It was recorded as part of Wireless Field Day 4 at on .


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How does a Wi-Fi engineer do his job? In this roundtable discussion, the Wireless Field Day 4 delegates discuss their favorite tools.

Casual tools: NetStumbler, MetaGeek inSSIDer

Predictive Survey tools: Ekahau Site Survey, AirMagnet Survey, Motorola LANPlanner, Cisco WCS

Discovery tools: AirMagnet Survey, WildPackets OmniPeek, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer, MetaGeek inSSIDer, Fluke AirCheck

The Survey Process and Post-Install Validation surveys (AP on a Stick): Ekahau Site Survey, AirMagnet Survey, TamoSoft TamoGraph Site Survey

Tip: Install AirMagney Survey on a dedicated machine (or in a virtual machine), run it on an SSD, and make sure there is lots of RAM

Packet Analysis and Troubleshooting: Wireshark, MetaGeek AirPcap for data capture

Costing tools: OmniPeek, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer

AirPcap Tip: The internal NIC on a Mac sometimes outperforms the AirPcap device

 

Personnel: Keith Parsons


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