Difference between revisions of "Mesh/Software tools"
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''"horst" is a small, lightweight IEEE802.11 wireless LAN analyzer with a text interface. Its basic function is similar to tcpdump, Wireshark or Kismet, but it’s much smaller and shows different, aggregated information which is not easily available from other tools. It is mainly targeted at debugging wireless LANs with a focus on ad-hoc (IBSS) mode in larger mesh networks.'' | ''"horst" is a small, lightweight IEEE802.11 wireless LAN analyzer with a text interface. Its basic function is similar to tcpdump, Wireshark or Kismet, but it’s much smaller and shows different, aggregated information which is not easily available from other tools. It is mainly targeted at debugging wireless LANs with a focus on ad-hoc (IBSS) mode in larger mesh networks.'' | ||
= AirView Spectrum Analyzer = | |||
[[File:Screenshot of Ubiquiti AirView Spectrum Analyzer.png|thumb|The Ubiquiti AirView Spectrum Analyzer running on a Bullet M5]] | |||
This is a non-libre tool that comes with Ubiquiti's AirOS (that all of their routers run). | |||
It can show both real time and averaged views of power levels (in dBm) plus a waterfall diagram view. | |||
For the Ubiquiti Bullet M5, it operates at frequencies from 4.9 to 6.4 ghz. | |||
It is a Java Web Start tool. Runs fine on Linux. | |||
= wavemon = | = wavemon = | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 8 June 2013
horst
Basically a command-line mesh-debugging tool :-) Recommended by Freifunk wiki.
"horst" is a small, lightweight IEEE802.11 wireless LAN analyzer with a text interface. Its basic function is similar to tcpdump, Wireshark or Kismet, but it’s much smaller and shows different, aggregated information which is not easily available from other tools. It is mainly targeted at debugging wireless LANs with a focus on ad-hoc (IBSS) mode in larger mesh networks.
AirView Spectrum Analyzer
This is a non-libre tool that comes with Ubiquiti's AirOS (that all of their routers run).
It can show both real time and averaged views of power levels (in dBm) plus a waterfall diagram view.
For the Ubiquiti Bullet M5, it operates at frequencies from 4.9 to 6.4 ghz.
It is a Java Web Start tool. Runs fine on Linux.
wavemon
Console-based signal strength indicator.
aptitude install wavemon