[138073] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sunday Funnies: Using a smart phone as a diagnostic tool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Kell)
Sun Feb 27 21:53:40 2011
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:52:43 -0500
From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
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Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 2/27/2011 9:00 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> Do you have a smartphone? Blackberry? iPhone? Android?
>
> Do you use it as a technical tool in your work, either for accessing
> devices or testing connectivity -- or something else?
I have a Droid2 with the "WiFi Analyzer" freebie app by Kevin Yuan.
Compared to dragging around a real analyzer, it's helpful in the field.
Certainly haven't gone to any great lengths to "find" more, or
purposefully use my phone as a test device, but at least that one is
handy (was discovered by our WiFi guy) and the price is right.
Jeff
