WiFiMedic – WiFi RSSi in dBm on Your iPhone and iPad on the App Store Introducing WiFiMedic, our newest WiFi focused app for iOS. WiFiMedic reports the vital signs of your WiFi connection. If you device is associated to an access point the app can report information below. Access point manufacturer name Access point MAC [...]
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Raspberry Pi Alternatives “The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used [...]
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USNAP – Utility Smart Network Access Port Alliance The USNAP Alliance is similar to the Wi-Fi Alliance for “Smart Grid” solutions. “The mission of the Utility Smart Network Access Port (USNAP) Alliance is to create a protocol independent serial interface standard that enables any HAN (Home Area Network) standard, present and future, to use any [...]
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How Android and iOS Can Protect Users from WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup specification describes how a wireless device can be automatically configured with wireless network security settings. The goal was to make it easier for non techies to configure devices to securely connect to wireless routers. On Dec 27, 2011 [...]
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WiFiPerf for Mac OS WiFiPerf for Mac OS is a bandwidth performance measurement app for iOS and Mac OS X. The app can operate as a client and/or server. WiFiPerf can be used for Mac OS-to-Mac OS, iOS-to-iOS testing or iOS-to-Mac OS testing. WiFiPerf should work with other operating systems that support iPerf3 but has [...]
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PacketFence Open Source NAC Has WiFi Support PacketFence is a free and Open Source network access control (NAC) solution that has 802.1X support via an included FreeRADIUS module. Version 3.1 was recently released and is available as a VMWare image for ESX/ESXi. Components of a PacketFence NAC solution are shown in graphic below. Supported Wireless [...]
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ZapPerf Testing with SpeedFlex SpeedFlex is a wireless performance tool integrated within the ZoneFlex family of centralized controllers. The SpeedFlex app runs the Zapd code and needs to be running on the device you are testing against. The Zapd code is always running on all Ruckus ZoneDirectors and Ruckus Access Points and Bridges. ZapPerf is [...]
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History of Wireless LAN Vendors – Ruckus Wireless Ruckus Wireless started out as chip vendor named Video54 Technologies, Inc. in June 2004 and in 2005 launched BeamFlex, its version of MIMO technology. BeamFlex was used by NetGear in its RangMax product line. In September 2005 Video54 rebranded itself as Ruckus Wireless. 2005 – MediaFlex Product [...]
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ZapPerf – Zap iOS App ZapPerf is an iOS version of the Zap wireless performance tool. Like Zap, ZapPerf is a wireless throughput test tool which can be used to fully characterise the statistical performance of a wireless link. ZapPerf iOS App has been submitted to App Store and should get approved in about 10 [...]
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Multiple WiFiPerf Tests To Single Server To test multiple WiFiPerf clients with a single server use iPerf3 Mac OS console binary running in server mode on different ports. In example below one server is started on port 5201 then a new console is opened and a second server on port 5202 and a third on [...]
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