Getting odd results off your Wi-Fi network? Maybe getting no results at all? The boss is pissed, co-workers can’t work, what do you do?
Get the Wi-Spy spectrum analyzer, that’s what you do. The Wi-Spy is the world’s smallest 2.4GHz spectrum analyzer and is specifically designed for troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks. The Wi-Spy records data traces over the wireless network and also plays them back for analysis.
This isn’t the first version of the Wi-Spy, BUT the hardware has been redesigned to increase the frequency and amplitude resolution with an added reverse-polarity SMA adapter. Wi-Spy 2.4x is packaged with a powerful little antenna, so it’s good from the start but it’s also a snap to screw-on any RP-SMA antenna you choose. The Chanalyzer software has been upgraded to version 2.1, which takes full advantage of the higher resolution with improved graphics and an even friendlier user interface.
Here is a list of items you can expect the Wi-Spy to perform while in operation:
- Increased frequency and amplitude resolution
- Helps you identify wi-fi interference (802.11 b/g/n, microwave ovens, cordless phones, Bluetooth, etc.)
- Frequency range is 2.400 – 2.4835 GHz
- Record/playback data traces
- Frequency/amplitude marker
- Frequency / Wi-Fi / Zigbee channel labels
- Save or copy image to clipboard
- Spectral, Topographic, and Planar Views
- Download Beta version of software for Mac
The Wi-Spy is a little more than you’d expect, but hey…if your job is on the line as the IT manager and you’ve gotta get the problem licked. It’s a fair price.
