Yearly Archives: 2010

Wi-Spy: Five Years of Leading the Way

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Ryan

This month marks the five year anniversary of Wi-Spy and Chanalyzer. A few days ago I was looking back at screenshots of Chanalyzer 1.0 (a.k.a. Wi-Spy Viewer) and laughed at how basic it was. The data resolution was so bad … Continue reading →

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Mega Bloks + Dry Erase Marker = Flexible Roadmap

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Ryan

MetaGeek follows a lot of the Agile principles; we like to keep things simple and flexible, and like true geeks everywhere we love Legos… so why not use Legos for a roadmap? Here’s our current roadmap (bricks are flipped around … Continue reading →

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Wi-Fi Planning with RF3D

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Trent

Add RF3D WifiPlanner to your Wi-Fi arsenal from MetaGeek’s online store and provide professional Wi-Fi implementation estimates. Wi-Fi planning software isn’t new, but an affordable solution independent from Wi-Fi vendors is. You can start developing Wi-Fi implementations at $299 with … Continue reading →

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Device Finder Roots Out Interfering Devices

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Trent

A lot of the time passively avoiding interference is all that is needed to make your WLAN run better. Just move to a channel that is less affected by RF from Wi-Fi, cordless phones, etc., and your interference-caused throughput and … Continue reading →

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Chanalyzer Lite 2 Released

Posted on October 19, 2010 by mark

MetaGeek just released the latest version of Chanalyzer Lite. Wi-Spy 2.4i owners should be very happy because this version allows users to browse historical data up to an hour long with a Wi-Spy 2.4i. There are a couple things off … Continue reading →

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Wi-Fi Pilot has Arrived!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Trent

Wi-Fi Pilot Wi-Fi Pilot and Wireshark are a match made in heaven. If you don’t have the technical know-how to quickly filter through gigabytes worth of packet capture in a matter of seconds. The difference is so drastic it almost … Continue reading →

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Chanalyzer Pro and Chanalyzer 4 get new Features

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Trent

New for Chanalyzer Pro is the ability to create your own device classifiers. Meaning, if you come across a device you can capture it’s signature and Chanalyzer Pro will classify it when you encounter it again. And better yet, click … Continue reading →

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inSSIDer 2 Preview

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Trent

Let inSSIDer take the steering wheel on your next wardrive. With the new filtering system, you can plot your course to the nearest 40 MHz 300mbps 802.11n unencrypted Wi-Fi access point. MetaGeek has added four very cool features into inSSIDer … Continue reading →

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Chanalyzer 4 & Pro get Multiple Device Support

Posted on August 31, 2010 by mark

Multiple device support added in to the latest updates of Chanalyzer 4 and Chanalyzer Pro make it possible to run two or more Wi-Spy DBx or 2.4x at the same time. This allows for viewing multiple swaths of spectrum at … Continue reading →

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Report Builder Preview

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Trent

Report Builder Improved! We wanted to highlight some of the cool things you can do in Chanalyzer Pro’s Report Builder. I have written all of this in the Report Builder so you can see how easy it is to create … Continue reading →

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