[AccessD] Check out Wi-Fi Analytics

Same sort of thing for a Windows laptop/netbook - I use it a lot

inSSIDer

Freeware from http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/



On 28 Feb 2012 at 20:17, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Now that is cool. :-)
> 
> Thanks for sharing John.
> 
> Jim
> 
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> 
> for configuring your home wifi system.
> 
> https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pinapps.amped
> 
> It gives all the things I was looking for including graphing all of the
> currently visible signals, 
> telling me the encryption system, SSID and channel.  It gives channel
> collisions which allowed me to 
> see that everyone and their brother was on 1 and 11, someone was on 10 but
> 8, 3 and 5 were wide open.
> 
> I put it on my kindle Fire and also on my phone.  Very convenient for
> walking around the house to 
> see what the signal levels are. I have my main wi-fi in the center of the
> house and a hot spot at 
> either end.  With Analytics I now have moved my hot-spots off onto unused
> channels to minimize the 
> interference with the neighbors.
> 
> Nice app.
> 
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