Last week I was asked, at short notice, for a list of benefits to buying Ekahau Site Survey and Sidekicks by my management, given we already own all the software and tools needed to run our existing AirMagnet estate. We all know the Sidekick is a huge leap forward in technology, but my bosses aren’t asking if the tech is better, they’re asking if it will make us more efficient, ultimately leading to a higher ROI.
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Desperate times call for desperate adapter measurements
I found out something alarming recently. I was already aware that different wireless devices had different ‘Receiver Sensitivity‘, but I wrongly assumed that devices of the same model would have the same sensitivity. For example, I assumed that all Proxim Orinoco 8494 adapters, probably the most popular WiFi test adapter for WLAN professionals, would have the same sensitivity because they are the same product, with the same components, made the same way, by the same manufacturer.
It turns out I was wrong!
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