NetSpot is compatible with any Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 or newer and is 64-bit ready. You can also use NetSpot for Wi-Fi planning, network expansion, signal leakage detection and much more! Thanks to NetSpot you can easily analyze any existing wireless network: map current Wi-Fi coverage, reveal coverage voids and channel usage, visualize overlapping APs, etc. Then within a single click you can export the report of your interest into PDF. This is where the real magic begins, and with just a few clicks you can build great reports on various signal and noise levels. Once you are done getting radio data, click “Stop Scan”, NetSpot will do some calculations and switch to visualizations mode. The more data you collect the more accurate the resulting report will be. Then you walk or drive the survey area pointing your position on the map and waiting a bit while NetSpot scans radio signals in that place. Here’s how it works: you load a map of your premise, specify real-life scale, and denote the borders of the survey area. So, everything you need to perform WLAN surveys is any MacBook with Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7 on board. NetSpot uses the standard Wi-Fi network adapter and its Airport interface to map radio signal strength and other wireless network parameters and build powerful reports on top of that. NetSpot is a complete 802.11a/b/g/n site surveying software, and its main advantage over a number of existing monstrous solutions (in addition to its extreme simplicity) is the fact that you don’t need any specific professional hardware to collect survey data. Having all the needed tools to run a multizone site survey packed in a compact user-friendly interface, NetSpot boasts simple and fast data collection users of any computer level will master quickly.
NetSpot 1.0 Beta software is totally free and lets you conduct a wireless site (WLAN) survey of almost any complexity totally for free. Up until now it has been a prerogative of enterprises to get access to WiFi network assessment software due to its unbelievable price tag. So it’s high time to see how exactly your wireless network operates in your office, house, campus, cafe, airport, or actually any building or area. The team behind the project claims it’s the first software of this class to ever become available to regular users and to be delivered exclusively for Mac. With its advanced collection and visualization of data NetSpot provides its users with a comprehensive and complete WiFi site survey solution.Campbell, California – NetSpot 1.0, the totally new network-related Mac application hits the market with its first public free beta version.
With all this work done well the wireless signal is less likely to spill outside, where a war driver can get their hands on it. With NetSpot one can also check the security settings (Open, WEP, WPA/WPA2 Personal/Enterprise), non-broadcasting SSIDs and WiFi signal strength. NetSpot is a perfect helper for network security specialists in locating and eliminating rogue access points, detecting unauthorized workstations, avoiding cross-channel interference and getting rid of false-positive intrusion alerts. Wireless Site survey is also an important part of wifi security analysis.
With the help of site survey you will know what type of equipment to get and where to install it. The main goal of a WIFI site survey is determining the feasibility of implementing a wireless network in a specific area and finding the best spots for access points and other equipment like cables and antennas. It will reveal areas of channel interference and dead zones, and will help you tremendously to build a solid network. The effective way to obtain this information is a wireless site survey. When working on a Wi-Fi network that will provide an optimal coverage, you'll need a solid research and understanding the radio frequency behavior at the spot.