Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

James Finstrom jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com
Wed Jun 19 15:39:46 MST 2013


Seems like something easily done in python.  This does require gps so
thinking it would be better as an android app.

James Finstrom
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lisa,
>
> I did not try it in WINE.  I am just enough of a bigot to look for a pure
> Linux solution first since I do not have a work project I need to complete.
>
> https://github.com/cyberpython/WifiScanAndMap seems to indicate something
> far from having a polished GUI and looks to be at a significantly lower map
> resolution (though worth a look if nothing else turns up).
>
> The Meraki FAQ ( http://meraki.cisco.com/products/wireless/wifi-mapper#faq) says "A: WiFi Mapper requires Java support and does not currently support
> Linux."
>
> Michael,
>
> Yep on the corner on the market.  Makes one thonk it could be a great
> opportunity for a FOSS project.  :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net>wrote:
>
>> I've been working on a wireless project for months, and looked around for
>> things oss like heatmapping, rtls function, etc, and there's nothing too
>> well baked to use production-wise aside from some half-baked, minimally
>> existing projects on sourceforge.
>>
>> Seems commercial software like Aruba Airwave, Cisco WLS/Prime, Ekahau,
>> etc have the lock on things from that perspective.
>>
>> -mb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/19/2013 09:00 AM, Dazed_75 wrote:
>>
>>> I ran across this article:
>>>
>>> http://www.howtogeek.com/**165614/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-**
>>> heatmap-for-network-analysis-**better-coverage-and-geek-cred-**galore/<http://www.howtogeek.com/165614/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-heatmap-for-network-analysis-better-coverage-and-geek-cred-galore/>
>>>
>>> which shows doing a very nifty wifi map of your space.  Unfortunately it
>>> uses a windows only program from Ekahau called HeatMap.  I did a little
>>> web searching for a Linux equivalent program but have not found anything
>>> that included the mapping function.  Does anyone know of one?
>>>
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