Looks like all the alternatives proposed so far do a poor job of mapping and most are totally useless for mapping coverage in an office or home which was the focus for the Windows application originally named.  Maybe there is more than one use for Windows after all :)


On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:43 PM, James Finstrom <jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com> 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 <jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com> wrote:
Seems like something easily done in python.  This does require gps so thinking it would be better as an android app.



On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@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@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/

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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