let us know how it turns out :D :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Yes, I have used WiFi Analyzer for years on my phone and on a couple of > tablets. It is useful to spot channel conflicts and to see what is > available in a location and relative strengths of different nets. It is > NOT useful for the Heatmap analysis of a home or office without a lot of > manual work. Hence my interest in the product initially asked about. I > guess it is time to try it under WINE in the next day or two. > > Thanks for all the input and discussion folks. > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > >> I use inssider on my tablet for quickie survey data, it looks similar to >> wifi analyzer and is free too. Either is probably good in a pinch, and >> then some. >> >> I bought a spectrum analyzer, a metageek dbx, that unfortunately has most >> investment of features in windoze software, but kismet has a side project >> spectools to get basic readings out of it graphically as well for linux. >> For the windoze software, I feed the device into virtual box on an xp >> instance along with a wifi nic, and this gives me most all the >> functionality of both worlds. >> >> Mapping though, I didn't see much about the one wifiscanandmap vs. >> something like ekahau or airmagnet survey suites. Oh yeah, their main site >> was dead then too which didn't help me wanting to bother get working. Of >> course the commercial tools are a good 5-10k for the tools, require >> windoze, and still come with quirks to use, but do what you generally need, >> which is record and display overlays of the traffic adequately. >> >> If wifiscanandmap can, I'll definitely check it out again. Otherwise I'm >> just gonna get my company to buy me airmagnet suites at some point. :) >> >> I was hoping there was something for rtls location tracking in linux, but >> there were only a few abandoned projects out there. Wifi mapping suites >> like airwave are only so accurate without rtls, but rtls is much nicer for >> realtime mapping accuracy, such as rfid tracking of .11 tags. >> >> -mb >> >> >> >> On 06/19/2013 08:01 PM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: >> >>> This "might" be better after looking at the comments...I use it, and it >>> does not "map", but does tell me what is available and how strong the >>> signal is, and the SSID: >>> >>> https://play.google.com/store/**apps/details?id=com.farproc.** >>> wifi.analyzer&feature=search_**result#?t=** >>> W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mYXJwcm**9jLndpZmkuYW5hbHl6ZXIiXQ >>> .. >>> >>> At 03:43 PM 6/19/2013, James Finstrom wrote: >>> >>>> looks like this android app does this.... >>>> >>>> https://play.google.com/store/**apps/details?id=com.hogdex.** >>>> WifiMapMakerFree >>>> Wifi Map maker >>>> DISCLAIMER: Haven't tried it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *ಠ_ಠ* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:39 PM, James Finstrom >>>> >>>> >> >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Seems like something easily done in python.  This does require >>>> gps so thinking it would be better as an android app. >>>> >>>> James Finstrom >>>> Rhino Equipment >>>> http://rhinoequipment.com >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/**rhinoequipment >>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/**RhinoEquipment >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *ಠ_ಠ* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Dazed_75 >>> > 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/WifiScanAndMapseems 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 >>>> > 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/ >>>> >>>> >>>> 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? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. 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