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[feedback] sensor detections interferences

korny — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:14:45 -0700

Hi ,

I'm a new wispy user, and happy because it helps me to find an interference.
I manage some warehouse , equiped with mouvement detection sensor, and wi spy confirm me that they are the cause of the interference. I have 25 warehouses which had the problem !

So, as I didn't see anything about sensor capture mouvement, I write this post as an information post. Maybe it can helps someone who has same problem as me :)

- a picture of a sensor : http://korny.fr/wsr/DSCN0019-low.jpg

- links for the wsr file : http://korny.fr/wsr/sensor.wsr

- below, a preview of the interference,

Chanalyzer 3.1 not releasing access point

bilbox — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:32:59 -0700

I have a wi-fi access point that Chanalyzer sees as -46. I turn off the access point, and it still shows -46. I uncheck the box in the side bar and it shows as -100. I recheck the box and it bounces between -100 and -46 but the graph still show -46 and WON't release the AP. Access point is totally powered down but still shows as -46 in Chanalyzer. How to I clear it and why do I have to???

error

jpergo — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:58:48 -0700

everytime i start scanning i get "system application error was thrown".
Iam using xp and a orinoco card.

Alfa (AWUS036H) usage with inssider. how to do it to work?

Francesco — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:40:12 -0700

Hello.
I have an alfa network AWUS036H wifi adapter.
I started to use inssider.
How can I do inssider to work with AWUS036H?
I connected the alfa to usb 2.0 port.
I can not select ALFA device on the top right menu. I mean I did not find it.
Please what shall I have to do to run inssider with AWUS036H?
Thanks
Francesco

Directly connecting wispy 2.4 to wifi output

dhan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:30:40 -0700

Hi,
I want to directly connect the wispy to the pigtail from the wireless card. I suppose you have to use an attenuator. What would you recommend?

No Results

jorehek — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:48:30 -0700

I am running an Compaq 6510b with an Intel 3945ABG card with ver. 11.5.0.32, and Windows XP SP2. I have also downloaded the recommended windows update. The program starts, the 3945abg card is selected and I attempt to start scanning but nothing happens. Any suggestions or ideas?

[Suggestion] Add "Connect" button

riahc3 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:14:44 -0700

Hey

It would be nice if inside the Inssider program, there would be a "Connect" button that allows you to connect to the networks detected without using the Windows program.

Why RSSI as dBm

BLLuten — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:20:51 -0700

I'm wondering why the RSSI is converted to dBm, if the RSSI value is arbitrary, and based on the card.

http://www.wildpackets.com/elements/whitepapers/Converting_Signal_Streng...

It makes me wonder why RSSI is not simply displayed as a raw value, with RSSI Max indicated at the top of the graph, which would also give indication to the step size. A simple percentage also comes to mind.

If -50 dBm is essentially RSSI Max (i.e. 100%), doesn't the UI waste space in the graph area above -50 dBm? With lots of APs, UI space becomes important.

http://www.metageek.net/forum/inssider/rssi-level

-Bradford
. Systems Administrator
. within the College of Biological Sciences
. at the University of California, Davis

Feature request : "Usefull frequency vertical bars"

EricZ — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:08:45 -0700

As I could not find an old suggestion have made when Chanalyser 3.0 get released, I create this new topic (sorry if it's look like double post).

In Chanalyser, we can create vertical bars by double-clicking in one of the views.
Except from drawing a line, this feature is pretty useless but if frequency and amplitude information could be showed for each bar, stacked in the Inspector tab, we could make a great annotation tool.

Think of this feature like a "frequency related notes" tool in opposition with the "Notes" tab which is time related.

I hope my English is good enough to be understood :)
Cheers from France,
Eric

Chanalyzer 3.2 Beta

ChiefGeek — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:05:33 -0700

Hi everyone! I haven't blogged in a while... I guess we've been pretty heads-down working on some new features for Chanalyzer 3.2 We invite you to download the Beta, grab your Wi-Spy 2.4x and go nuts.

Troubleshooting big areas? Chanalyzer 3.2 can handle multiple Wi-Spys simultaneously, and cover larger swaths of wireless landscape. Just network additional Wi-Spys with the Recon application and the sky's the limit. Each Wi-Spy is displayed in a separate tab allowing you to monitor each one individually from a central location. Troubleshooting a million square foot campus will no longer be that much different from troubleshooting the corner coffee shop.

Need more detail? With Hardware Configuration you can zero-in on a certain section of spectrum and go after it. This "zoom lens" is useful if you need to look at individual channels in more detail. Just right-click on the channel of interest, and Chanalyzer will zoom in to where you need to see better.

Hardware Configuration Screenshot

chanalyzer user interface

fjhleger — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:39:44 -0600

I just received my wi-spy 2.4 yesterday and this is a very nice tool.
I have some remarks on the chanelizer graphical interface: it is missing a few function that would make it even better:
i would appreciate a vertical zoom and pan in all three windows. this would allow to see finer detail in high density situation. It would also be nice to be able to only display measurments within a certain range of energy, allowiing to mask very present measurments either low or high energy, allowing to better use the rainbow range.
I am trying to detect difficult bluetooth/bluetooth/wifi interferences.
Thanks for your work,
François

Hangs on Startup

primexx — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:30:09 -0600

I tried InSSIDer on both my lappies but they both hang right on startup. taking up almost all the CPU doing seemingly nothing at all.

Both are Vista 32 bit. what could be causing this???

thanks!

please help me about My term project about Wifi site Suevey

yaddr — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:38:42 -0600

now i am using WMI to get information from AP But i can get only SSID MacAddress SNR+
i want to find SNR (to use Point to Point Find Signal Cover) Channel Encryption NetworkType who can help me about this problem
i deverlop this project use C#.net

i'm sorry about my language thank you very much

Toggle graph display for all access points on or off

Geert — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:07:46 -0600

I use inSSIDer in an environment with a lot of access point (>20). If I wan't to focus on only one access point I have to disable graph display for the other access point one for one. Can you provide a button to toggle graph display for all access points?

Regards,

Geert

solving connection and quality issues

cbrownfield — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:59:23 -0600

I used the chanalyzer at a customer site today to gather info on some wireless connection issues they are having. The customer has 3 cisco access points and 5 802.11 wireless phones.

they are having issues wiht drop outs in the conversation. during conversation some words or parts of words are not heard. we have eliminated this down to the wireless phones and the access points.

using the chanalyzer software we found 17 access points in the neighboring offices that the customer does not own. seems that there are several devices on the channels 1,6, and 11 that the customer is using.

Anyway, how much is too much? I see the overlap, but can not say that this is causing the issue? How do I come to a conclusion?

attached recording

thanks in advance