The Wi-Spy 2.4x is a small portable USB device designed for IT professionals. It scans and displays all activity in the 2.4 GHz spectrum. It helps to quickly identify interference, find the quietest channel, and analyze the quality of the signal. Save time and money by setting up your wireless network right the first time. What does Wi-Spy 2.4x do? We like to say that MetaGeek helps you visualize your wireless landscape — and a big part of that is our Chanalyzer software that turns Wi-Spy data into interactive graphs that make analyzing, troubleshooting, and optimizing your wireless networks a breeze. Chanalyzer 3.1 is included with Wi-Spy 2.4x at no additional cost. Plugged into a computer, the Wi-Spy 2.4x will track all the radio activity from WiFi, Cordless Phones, Microwaves, Zigbee, Radio, Bluetooth, and many more 2.4 GHz devices. Seeing these devices will help you locate and identify possible interference to optimize your WLAN. How can the Wi-Spy 2.4x help me? - If you install, maintain, or troubleshoot access points, find the open channel and minimize the interference.
- If you work with consumers, avoid a revisit by keeping a Wi-Spy handy in case they have a microwave, or cordless phones.
- If you experience WiFi interference on a regular basis, use Chanalyzer 3.1 to discover competing access points.
- Conduct Site Surveys using Wi-Spy 2.4.
Technical Specs - Bandwidth: 2400 to 2495 MHz
- Frequency Resolution: 328 KHz
- Antenna: External, RP-SMA
- Amplitude Range: -110 dBm to -6.5 dBm
- Amplitude Resolution: 0.5 dBm
- Sweep Time: 165 millisecond
System Requirements - Windows XP, or greater with .Net 2.0
- USB
- Mac OS X 10.6
Features of Chanalyzer Chanalyzer turns data collected from a Wi-Spy into highly interactive charts and graphs, allowing users to "visualize" their wireless landscape. Together, Wi-Spy and Chanalyzer enable both enterprise and small business users to visualize, troubleshoot, and optimize their wireless networks. This software records real-time data for review later or remotely. Use Chanalyzer for effective explanations on how you will optimize a customer's wireless network. You can also troubleshoot without leaving your desk by installing our new Recon application, a simple Wi-Spy 2.4x data server. Connect to it remotely from any location with Chanalyzer as if the Wi-Spy were attached to your local computer.
Wi-Fi Integration: Information such as SSID, Channel and dBm are overlayed on the 2.4 GHz data. (This does not use the Wi-Spy hardware. It uses the computer's Wi-Fi card).
Networked Wi-Spy: Connect to a Wi-Spy through an IP address. Configuration Options: Zoom into a channel with greater resolution, for detailed troubleshooting. Signature Identification: A "Signatures" sidebar makes it easy to match the shape appearing in your graph to the device signature (from MetaGeek's growing Signatures Library) - so you can identify the interference. Data Inspector: Shows frequency, amplitude, time, and other data of any point in any view. Embedded Notes: Textual information can now be added to any recording by embedding user notes. System Requirements - Windows 2000, XP, or Vista with .Net 2.0
- USB 1.1 or 2.0
- 1024 x 768 Screen Resolution or Greater
| | Chanalyzer 3 | | Wi-Spy Compatibility | 2.4x, DBx, 900x | | Hardware Configurability | Yes | | Density View | Yes | | Planar View | Yes | | Waterfall View | Yes | | Adjustable Timeframe | Yes | | Wi-Fi Channel Information | Yes | | Zigbee Channel Information | Yes | | Device Signatures | Yes | | SSID Overlays | Yes | | Save Recordings | Yes | | Notes in Recordings | Yes | | Recording Playback | Yes | | Networked Wi-Spy (Recon, etc) | Yes |
inSSIDer inSSIDer is an award-winning free Wi-Fi network scanner for Windows Vista and Windows XP. Because NetStumbler doesn't work well with Vista and 64-bit XP, we built an open-source Wi-Fi network scanner designed for the current generation of Windows operating systems. inSSIDer was discussed by Lifehacker and Tekzilla! What's Unique about inSSIDer? - Use Windows Vista and Windows XP 64-bit.
- Uses the Native Wi-Fi API.
- Group by Mac Address, SSID, Channel, RSSI and "Time Last Seen."
- Compatible with most GPS devices (NMEA v2.3 and higher).
How can inSSIDer help me? - Inspect your WLAN and surrounding networks to troubleshoot competing access points.
- Track the strength of received signal in dBm over time.
- Filter access points in an easy to use format.
- Highlight access points for areas with high Wi-Fi concentration.
- Export Wi-Fi and GPS data to a KML file to view in Google Earth.
Open Source InSSIDer is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. The source code is freely available from our public Subversion repository at http://www.metageek.net/svn/trunk. This project was started by Charles Putney on The Code Project. Norman Rasmussen modified the project to use the Managed Wi-Fi C# wrapper for the Native Wi-Fi API. Many thanks to Charles and Norman, as well as the Managed Wi-Fi team for getting this project off the ground. Tyler Adkisson, Joel Carpenter, Philip Smith and Jeff Goff submitted changes to the latest edition of inSSIDer! It includes GPS support and Netstumbler output. Trying to Identify Interference? "Those looking to employ something more than blind guesswork when it comes to identifying potential wireless interference will appreciate the capabilities of MetaGeek's Wi-Spy 2.4x, a spectrum analyzer that can help you discern how well-or poorly-your wireless signals actually fare in the air." -Joseph Moran Wi-Fi Planet | 
