AirView Spectrum Analyzer 5Ghz

[Nornet]

Might just be a stupid question :

Any plans to get a spectrum analyzer for the 5Ghz band ?

Regards,

Nornet:icon_confused:

[Dave-D]

Something is coming soon; stay tuned! Dave

[WHT]

Mike mentioned it would be about two weeks for an embedded spectrum analyzer, or sometime like that. I think it was motioned at the Las Vegas conference.

[raingalls]

I have found in my area of the world, West Tennessee, that 2.4GHz is the way to go for our terrain and where we do use 5GHz (the backhaul) is so high in the air, it's hundreds of feet away from any consumer interference. However, it would still be nice to have a 5GHz Analyzer at our disposal or in our took box.

[sxpert]

to have a 5GHz Analyzer at our disposal or in our took box.

if I understood correctly, there will be an analyzer integrated in AirOS 5.2 that will be able to be run on each series M hardware

[raingalls]

if I understood correctly, there will be an analyzer integrated in AirOS 5.2 that will be able to be run on each series M hardware

That would be nice. We have both a Bullet M5 with an omni that would be perfect for this. However, does this also mean the Bullet M2 will have an analyzer feature as well... if so, what's the point in have the AirView2-EXT that we have? I'm sure a bullet is far more superior product than the AirView2 USB dongle and small, low-powered omni antenna that come with it.

[Heaven32]

That would be nice. We have both a Bullet M5 with an omni that would be perfect for this. However, does this also mean the Bullet M2 will have an analyzer feature as well... if so, what's the point in have the AirView2-EXT that we have? I'm sure a bullet is far more superior product than the AirView2 USB dongle and small, low-powered omni antenna that come with it.

Yeah agree with you... :) :)

[sxpert]

the airview2 is pretty useful for use with a nettop pc when trying to understand issues. it doesn't need extra cables and power supplies and that makes the thing very portable

[Advanguard]

Any recommendation something for the 5ghz range? maybe an 5ghz antenna? (noobie here) rocket, bullet, or a squeeky toy?
I need to do a site survey, and I want to see which frequency will work in certain areas.
any recommendations for the 2.4, is the USB dongle/antenna/software (all in one) the way to go?

[WHT]

USB dongle thingy - even with the attached antenna, you're not going to see much. You'll need a higher gain up around 20 feet or more to see things. Won't show SSIDs on site survey. At least it plugs directly into your laptop.

USB AirGrid - USB version not sold anymore.

Bullet with grid antenna or NanoBridge - Sure, you'll need a 12 volt cigarette lighter adapter and a passive PoE power injector...but at least yo ucan see SSIDs.

[raingalls]

Any recommendation something for the 5ghz range? maybe an 5ghz antenna? (noobie here) rocket, bullet, or a squeeky toy?
I need to do a site survey, and I want to see which frequency will work in certain areas.
any recommendations for the 2.4, is the USB dongle/antenna/software (all in one) the way to go?

We rarely use the 2.4 GHz USB dongle. I thought we would use it more when we bought and truth is we never use it for what we bought it for: site surveys. However it has come in handy in other situations. It is just an inexpensive tool for troubleshooting subscriber location issues now like cordless phone systems and/or wireless security camera systems interfering with a wireless router or Nano mounted on the house.

We really like the Analyzer built into AirOS. We use it with Bullets, Nanos, and Rockets (Sectors) to troubleshoot and get a real feel for what kind of noise is out there, etc. It's a great tool built into the devices. I agree with WHT. Use the Analyzer built into AirOS and whatever device best suites your case for site surveys and serious analyzing work and pick up a AirView-EXT2 only if you could use an extremely portable analyzer to troubleshoot location specific issues as I mentioned above.

[shawa2000]

It would be nice to have a analyzer that is capable of work on several frequecies. like the one Metageek that handles 5ghz and 2.4 frequencies. I've tested myself this one and works pretty good. I hope Ubiquiti can come up with something like for a reasonable price.

[shawa2000]

I've seen the Airview tool that comes with the PowerBridge M5 and works pretty good.

[raingalls]

I hope Ubiquiti can come up with something like for a reasonable price.

Ubiquiti has multiple AirView USB and USB-EXT's now, but really all you need is an Ubiquiti AirMAX device in the frequency you want and just use the AirView built in to the latest AirOS firmwares.

I doubt they will make a device that uses AirView in both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz simply because if you're using either of those, chances are you already have a device that you can use AirView in that frequency.