Misc Stuff
MetaGeek Software:
Channel Picker is a simplified application for installers. Data is collected from a Wi-Spy 2.4x, then the software determines the best Wi-Fi and/or Zigbee channel to use for the new network. A 5-star scale is used to rate the best channel, providing the user with a basic idea of how well the network is likely to work.
Download Channel Picker - June 26th 2008
Third Party Software:
We created an amazing spectrum analyzer when we invented Wi-Spy and then we crafted world-class software to make it easy to use, right out of the box. But we can't be everything to everyone... so we left the platform open to encourage innovation.
Below are a few of the great applications that resulted:
VisiWave
VisiWave Site Survey is an advanced site survey tool that provides data collection and visualization capabilities not found in any other existing product. The VisiWave Site Survey product takes advantage of advanced location tracking technology and combines that with high powered data visualization and reporting capabilities to create a complete wireless LAN site surveying solution (supports Wi-Spy and Wi-Spy 2.4x).
iSite
iSite accelerates WLAN survey and design while simplifying network management. It was created for IT
professionals challenged by complex WLAN deployments. Requiring minimal knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF)
engineering, iSite implements an easy to use windows user interface and supports most WLAN adaptors. http://www.meritechsolutions.com/
Spectrum-Tools
Mike Kershaw, author of Kismet, has developed an open source version of the Wi-Spy software that runs on Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X. This application has most of the features of the original Wi-Spy software for Windows. This software is open source and uses the GTK library (supports Wi-Spy and Wi-Spy 2.4x).
EaKiu
David Cook from Cookware, Inc. has written a very nifty Mac OS X application for Wi-Spy that uses OpenGL to provide interactive 3-D displays as well as the standard spectrum analyzer and spectrogram views (supports Wi-Spy and Wi-Spy 2.4x).
Make It Happen
Need software that hasn't been invented yet? Post about it in the community forum!