Kismet will run on any linux box and give you good information on all the
channels that it can see (so if your laptop will do 5GHz, Kismet will show
it)
5GHz is far less congested for two reasons
1. there are ~11 usable channels instead of 3
2. there is a lot of equipment out there that doesn't do 5GHz
At Scale this year we had about 1/4 of the users on 5GHz
David Lang
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012, Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. wrote:
I don't have any Android devices with 5Ghz.... only my two Linux laptops.
Otherwise, its WiFi Analyzer that I use to see what the 2.4Ghz networks are
like around me.
----- Original Message -----
> On 4/19/2012 8:53 AM, Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. wrote:
>> Wish there was a tool so I could see what the 5Ghz spectrum looks
>> like
> around
>> here....
>
> I've used Ekehau Heatmapper with good success on the built-in WiFi
> radio in
> a standard laptop. It's free with limitations.
>
> http://www.ekahau.com/products/heatmapper/overview.html
>
> --Ted
"There's an app for that", i.e., Wi-Fi ANalyzer on Android
.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en
Yes, it does 5G as well. You can even filter out the bands you don't
want to see.
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