When I spoke to the program's product manager a few weeks ago for this article in Ars Technica, he said that the intent was partly to provide an up-to-date scanning package to replace NetStumbler, which has been out of development for years. (The graphic is a fancy icon it's really only a 2D mapping package.)Ī list at left shows a live scan of networks and their characteristics. Hover over an access point on the heatmap-routers are neatly represented by a generic icon from the manufacturer, identified by its MAC address prefix-and you see the corresponding heatmap. You can start with a raw grid or a digital image of your office or home floorplan. This lets you survey interference and see how your network deployment "looks." When you stop warwalking and inform the program of such, you're presented with a heatmap of every network found. Vertical Markets Academia Enterprise WLAN Switches Home Hot Spot Aggregators Hot Spot Advertising Road Warrior Roaming Libraries Location Medical Public Safety Residential Rural SOHO Small-Medium Sized Business Universities Utilities wISPĮkahau Releases Free Wi-Fi Heatmap SoftwareĪsset-tracking software firm Ekahau releases tool to discover, map signal strength of Wi-Fi networks: HeatMapper, a free Windows XP/Vista application, performs the neat trick of letting you walk around your office or home while it continuously scans for Wi-Fi networks. Transportation and Lodging Air Travel Aquatic Commuting Hotels Rails Metro-Scale Networks Community Networking Municipalīroadband Wireless Cellular 2.5G and 3G 4G Power Line SatelliteĪdministrative Detail April Fool's Blogging Book review Cluelessness Guest Commentary History Humor Self-Promotion Unique Wee-Fi Who's Hot Today? Industry Conferences Financial Free Health Legal Research Vendor analysis Hardware Adapters Appliances Chips Consumer Electronics Gaming Home Entertainment Music Photography Video Gadgets Mesh Monitoring and Testing PDAs Phones Smartphones
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