[wplug] Wireless Site Survey

[DK]

This is not a business network, rather an "industrial network" in an
aluminum manufacturing facility.  All Cisco 1240AG access point, and
my client adapters are industrial devices from Quatech.

I do have a Linksys WPC55AG; what if any 3rd party tools work with
that card?  Also, I'd like something allowing me to use external
antennas, such as the SuperCard.

Dave

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Richard Farina <sidhayn at gmail.com> wrote:
> That wifi card is a winner, but let me ask this: Why use a super card to
>  do a wifi site survey when all the users have crappy cards?
>
>  The ubiquiti is more than 10x as sensitive as the 802.11 spec requires,
>  as such it will get good signal in a place where your standard laptop
>  will not... does that really make sense for a site survey?
>
>  I'd be thinking more like a linksys wpc55ag; standard issue best buy
>  card, cheap and does a/b/g.
>
>  just my 0.02
>
>  -Rick Farina
>
>
>
>  DK wrote:
>  > Hello Everyone,
>  >
>  > I need to build an inexpensive site survey system to troubleshoot a
>  > WLAN at a customer plant.  Currently, IT is (sort-of) supporting me in
>  > this venture, however they are stretched rather thin and can not
>  > dedicate adequate time to my project.
>  >
>  > I found the Ubiquiti Networks SuperRange Cardbus device providing
>  > 802.11a/b/g support and featuring external antenna connections.  Has
>  > anyone had experience with Ubiquiti products?
>  >
>  > Does anyone know of any low to moderately priced software tools, i.e.
>  > < $500, providing good site survey functions?
>  >
>  > Dave