Coming in a little late on this thread, but Tristan brings up an
excellent point. We are dealing with multiple areas in our dorms where
AirMagnet Survey with the AirMagnet a/b/g/n card had a much better
RSSI/SNR than the student with an iPad or iPhone has. What we should
have done when surveying was to turn down the TX power to something like
25mW, which would more closely mimic a tablet or smartphone.
We are in need of a survey tablet upgrade and currently looking at a
Dell XPS with the built-in Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 since that
appears to have direct support within AirMagnet. But I'm considering
also purchasing something like a Nexus 5 smartphone and using that along
with the tablet to check RSSI. I would prefer to use an iPhone since
that's what the majority of students have, but from what I can tell
there's still no decent App that will give RSSI values.
Curious what folks think of that strategy. Hopefully this is close
enough to the main topic to not be considered hijacking. I had been
meaning to get an email out on this topic.
Thanks,
-dan
Dan Brisson
Network Engineer
University of Vermont
(Ph) 802.656.8111
[email protected]
On 12/11/13, 5:38 PM, Tristan Gulyas wrote:
Hi all,
What device or test equipment is being used for the RSSI value? If we
see -65dBm on a Fluke AirCheck, we’re lucky to get -72dBm on an Intel
5100 in an HP laptop, as an example. We’d like to pick a specific
device, eg, an iPad and create standard measurements on such a device
so the customer is empowered to report a fault based on data they have
available.
Tristan
On 12 Dec 2013, at 8:27 am, Barros, Jacob <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
We are going into dorm rooms over winter break to review ap
placement. Do any of you have a policy (written or unwritten) that
sets a minimum RSSI for a space? For example, if the RSSI is -65 or
lower then you shuffle or add an ap to the area?
Jake Barros | Network Administrator | Office of Information
Technology
Grace College and Seminary | Winona Lake, IN | 574.372.5100 x6178
<tel:574.372.5100%20x6178>
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