Sunday 2 September 2012

WiFi Analyser

The WiFi Analyser App is another of my favourites for investigating WiFi networking it is currently at version 3.2.1 and is being Kevin Yuan.

The First screen is the channel graph and this is switch able between 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels, it shows the signal strength and the overlap with adjacent channels.


Example of 5GHz channels, toggling between the frequency bands is doing by selecting the band in the top left hand corner of the plot. The frequency band is shown for a short period before disappearing.


The signal meter shows the strength of the currently selected channel, touching the network name allows the selection of the network.


The AP List (Networks) shows the currently available networks, if the network is part of an extended network SSID, it is possible to expand and see all the access points that are visible to the ESS.



The Channel rating (Congestion) screen shows how congested the available channels are, the more stars the less congested the channel frequency is.


The Time graph shows the signal strength over a period of time, selecting the channel in the list at the top of the screen highlights the area under the signal.


At the moment only the channel graph provides an easy method of switching between bands, there are options in the settings to select channels for the channel rating screen.

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