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= | =Mapping Tools= | ||
==OSM Go== | |||
OpenStreetMaps with multiple 3D view renderers. Very helpful for looking up line of sight between two map points \o/ | |||
https://osmgo.org | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ehm6XqpmA0 Video Demo of TouchScreen Controls] | |||
=WiFi & Spectrum Analysis Tools= | |||
== horst == | |||
Basically a command-line mesh-debugging tool :-) Recommended by Freifunk wiki. | Basically a command-line mesh-debugging tool :-) Recommended by Freifunk wiki. | ||
[http://br1.einfach.org/tech/horst/ website] | [http://br1.einfach.org/tech/horst/ website] | ||
:"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. | |||
===Installation Instructions=== | |||
Download, untar, install with make | |||
wget <nowiki>http://br1.einfach.org/horst_dl/horst-3.0.tar.gz</nowiki> | |||
tar -zxvf horst-3.0.tar.gz | |||
cd horst-3.0 | |||
make | |||
====ncurses==== | |||
If you have an issue with your <code>ncurses</code> library: | |||
<pre> | |||
make clean | |||
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/wrought/downloads/horst-3.0' | |||
rm -f *.o *~ | |||
rm -f horst | |||
rm -f .build_* | |||
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wrought/downloads/horst-3.0' | |||
touch .build_debug0pcap0 | |||
cc -Wall -DDO_DEBUG=0 -g -c -o main.o main.c | |||
In file included from main.c:35:0: | |||
display.h:23:20: fatal error: curses.h: No such file or directory | |||
compilation terminated. | |||
make: *** [main.o] Error 1 | |||
</pre> | |||
then install the dev library: | |||
sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev | |||
== 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 == | ||
Console-based signal strength indicator. | Console-based signal strength indicator. | ||
aptitude install wavemon | aptitude install wavemon | ||
= Other networking utilities = | |||
* [http://etherape.sourceforge.net/ EtherApe] - a graphical network monitor | |||
* [http://www.wireshark.org/ WireShark] - a network protocol analyzer | |||
* Tools for [http://www.comlab.uni-rostock.de/research/tools.html modeling user traffic] | |||
[[Category:MeshResearch]] | |||