December 17th, 2011
WiFi Scanner for Mac OS $0.99 on Mac App Store WiFi Scanner for Mac OS is $0.99 on Mac App Store. No promo codes, links or coupons needed. WiFi Scanner is an easy-to-use tool for designing, verifying, and troubleshooting WiFi coverage. The tool provides information such signal strength, noise, manufacturer name based on MAC address [...]
Filed under: Gadgets, WLAN Security, WLAN Site Survey, WLAN Troubleshooting
November 13th, 2011
WiFi Speed Test App WiFiPerf 1.3.1 Adds Realtime Plots WiFiPerf is a bandwidth performance measurement app for iOS. The app can operate as a client and/or server. WiFiPerf can be used for iOS-to-iOS testing or iOS-to-Mac OS testing. WiFiPerf should work with other operating systems that support iPerf3 but has only been tested with iPerf3 [...]
Filed under: WLAN Design, WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting
November 10th, 2011
WiFi Speed Test for iPad Web based WiFi speed tests for iPads rely on uploading/downloading data from the Internet. While this type of test is fine for most scenarios where the device under test has a high speed connection to the Internet, it isn’t the best way to determine the true performance of a WiFi [...]
Filed under: WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting
November 9th, 2011
iPad WiFi Survey App Approved for App Store….But The good news….. iPad WiFi Survey app was approved for iTunes App Store!!! The not so good news….. We had to take out a few things to be compliant with app store policies. If you follow the history of iOS WiFi apps you probably know that Apple [...]
Filed under: WLAN Design, WLAN Site Survey, WLAN Tools
October 25th, 2011
MacPerf to WiFiPerf Testing Results Test Hardware – MacBook Air 2011 with Ethernet USB Adapter (Lion) – Mac Mini Server 2010 (Snow Leopard) – iPhone 4 (iOS 5) Test Software – WiFiPerf is a bandwidth performance measurement app for iOS. The app can operate as a client and/or server. WiFiPerf can be used for iOS-to-iOS [...]
Filed under: WLAN Deployment, WLAN Design, WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting
October 21st, 2011
MacPerf v0.1 – Mac OS iPerf3 Client and Server Introducing MacPerf. The most amazing iPerf app yet ;-). This app will be compatible with WiFiPerf iOS app. Once app has all features of iOS app we’ll submit to Mac App Store. Screenshot of MacPerf v0.1 is below. Share this:StumbleUponEmailFacebookRedditDigg
Filed under: WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting
September 26th, 2011
iPerf / iPerf3 iOS to Mac OS Testing Examples Following software and hardware used for examples. WiFiPerf – iPerf app for iOS iPerf3 – iPerf for Mac OS iPhone 4, iOS 5 Beta 7 Macbook Air, Mac OS Lion Test results between an iPhone 4 running iOS 5 beta 7 and Macbook Air running Mac [...]
Filed under: WLAN Deployment, WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting
September 18th, 2011
WiFiPerf – iPerf3 / iPerf 3 for iOS App (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) Download “WiFiPerf” from iOS app store. This iOS app is compatible with iPerf3 / iPerf 3 for Mac OS Snow Leopard and Lion Screen Shots Below Client Settings – IP address, server port, and test duration can be configured. If localhost / [...]
Filed under: WLAN Site Survey, WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting
July 8th, 2011
Free WiFi Diagnostic Tool App Included in Mac OS X Lion Mac OS X Lion has a new WiFi diagnostic tool. The app (Wi-Fi Diagnostics.app) can be accessed from path /System/Library/CoreServices/ To launch app follow below. 1) Control click Finder icon 2) Select “Go To Folder” 3) Copy/Paste file path into form /System/Library/CoreServices/ and click [...]
Filed under: WLAN Site Survey, WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting
April 2nd, 2011
Using Mac OS Airport Command Line Utility to Display and Speak RSSI Values The airport command line utility available in Mac OS and can be very useful for troubleshooting and measuring WiFi signal strength. To test on your Mac OS machine copy/paste into a terminal window. Three ways to use the airport command line utility [...]
Filed under: WLAN Site Survey, WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting