[138084] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sunday Funnies: Using a smart phone as a diagnostic tool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Mon Feb 28 01:31:58 2011
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:31:11 -0800
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <m2d3mcpu5s.wl%randy@psg.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2/27/11 10:09 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>> I have a Droid2 with the "WiFi Analyzer" freebie app by Kevin Yuan.
>
> i run it on a nexus one. way coolquite useful. i just can't excuse the
> $600 cost of a wi-spy.
http://ubnt.com/airview
2.4ghz model is more Like $50 and works nearly as well as the wi-spy.
wi-spy DBx is stll about the cheapest I've seen for a 5ghz spectrum
analyzer, and is worth it for that alone but the interference problem
you're trying to nip in the bud is is likely in 2.4ghz anyway.
> but it sure would be nice to have a general rf peek at the wifi ranges.
> two weeks ago, in hk, we had rf interference that essentially killed the
> wifi, but it did not show on wifi analyzer.
>
> randy
>
