User's Manual Part 1

Chapter 1 WiFi Advisor Overview
About the WiFi Advisor
WiFi Advisor Wireless LAN Analyzer User’s Guide
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About the WiFi Advisor
The WiFi Advisor, shown in Figure 1, is a portable WiFi analysis solution that effi-
ciently optimizes and troubleshoots 802.11 WiFi networks, provides a whole-home
view of real WiFi performance / margin, and generates valuable information that
can be given to the end user.
Features and capabilities
• Flexible
– Battery powered WFED, configurable as Station or AP
– Configurable radio from 802.11b/g to 802.11ac 3x3
– WiFi and Ethernet test interfaces
• WiFi Advisor hardware:
– 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 3x3 (Broadcom 43460 chipset)
– Built-in Spectrum Analyzer
– User configurable as either Test Station or Test AP
– 450 MBit/s packet processing engine
– WiFi and Ethernet test I/F’s
– Battery powered
Figure 1 The WiFi Advisor