Site survey tools

[Rick Brown]

We have been using Motion Computing Tablet PC's with Cisco's CB21 wireless adapter card and the Site Survey Utility for conducting manual site surveys.  Originally we had found that due to the nature of the buildings on our campus that a manual survey was much faster than using any of the predictive software such as AirMagnet and Siteplanner.  We are starting to see problems with the older tablets.  Replacing them doesn't seem to be an option since most tablets aren't coming with PCMCIA slots anymore.  We've looked at the Fluke AirCheck meters but they tend to show RSSI anywhere from 10dbm to 20dbm better signal than what it really is.  Are any of you still doing manual surveys?  And what equipment and app are you using to read signal levels, etc.? Thanks! Rick -- ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.