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Ekahau AI Pro Proxy issue

Fresh installation of Ekahau AI Pro on macOS, company issue laptop, running the usual pre-installed security software suite, including Zscaler. Ekahau installed fine However, attempting to launch ekahau throws an error. "There was a problem while connecting to Ekahau Cloud. Please check your internet connection. Contact helpdesk support in

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Stitching screenshots together to create your map (automated)

Have you ever needed to create your own map / floor plan so that you can load it into your wireless survey tool of choice and get on with the actual work of investigating the Wi-Fi?

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How You Hang Your Hardware

Question What is the best way to secure Wi-Fi survey adapters and spectrum analysers to my laptop for survey? Here are some of the professional solutions I have encountered: HubHolster HubHolster - 3D Printed Tools for WLAN Professionals HubHolster is of a pair of 3D printed clips, that allow you

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GPS survey with Ekahau - setting up

Intended Audience Anyone wishing to perform GPS survey using Windows 10, GpsGate and Ekahau Site Survey Pro. Requirements Ekahau Site Survey Pro, compatible USB GPS receiver (I am using a Garmin 62s handhled GPS unit), Windows Operating System Step 1 - Download and install the latest version of GPSGate Splitter

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AP Name Broadcasting - Can you help?

I have created a "page" on this blog, where I would like to compile data regarding the AP Name Broadcast feature offered (or not) from each of the Wi-Fi vendors. I am very keen to keep the information on this page up to date and accurate! If you

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Build Your Own APoS Tripod: Manfrotto Ranker Stand Modification Guide

Introduction For a more full-bodied introduction to this topic please see previous post: Refinement of the APoS Survey Tripodor watch the Follow Up Video: WLPC_EU 2016 Ten Talk. I felt confident that I could improve the Manfrotto Ranker stand for the purposes of "AP on a Stick"

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Refinement of the APoS Survey Tripod

I have used numerous combinations of tripod, battery pack and PoE injector during my time carrying out "Access Point on a Stick" APoS design and survey work.This post will cover the noteworthy tripod & battery configurations I have tried so far, ending on a high note with

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Configure wpa2-psk encryption via CLI on Autonomous Cisco AP

In a previous blog article I outlined the CLI commands used to configure an autonomous AP for APoS for survey work. I configured the SSIDs with no encryption, this is not really an issue because I am only using this SSID to measure the RF attenuation in my environment environment,

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Configure Your Cisco AP for Survey via CLI

Here is a quick roundup of the basic command set required to configure your Autonomous Cisco AP from scratch for APoS. Connect via the console cable Hostname Give the AP a name ap> ap>enable Password: Cisco ap#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with

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AP Nomenclature during WiFi design

Get it ‘right’ from the start During the initial WiFi design phase, it is important to use an efficient AP naming convention. In large WiFi deployments, the initial AP names are often relevant only during the design, reporting and installation phases. In my experience working with VARs, once the WLAN

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Manage your iOS photo file names during on-site WiFi design

Introduction This is a follow-up to my previous post Annotating photographs during on-site WiFi design, using Skitch for iOS Managing the photos you take during on-site WiFi design can be challenging. I would like to share with you a method I use to impose some order to those pictures. One

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2.4 GHz Annihilation Device, could be lurking in the darkness

When: Early October 2015 Where: Milton Keynes Stadium Why: Rugby World Cup Sporting event How: I was using a Cisco 2600I autonomous access point, operating in Spectrum Connect mode. What: I had the privilege of being present at the Milton Keynes Stadium during the Rugby World Cup in a professional

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Annotating photographs during on-site WiFi design, using Skitch for iOS

Introduction When I began performing on-site WLAN designs, I would take a photograph of each suggested AP location with my iPhone camera as I moved through the site. I wanted to annotate the photo immediately after taking it, draw an arrow and add text. Solution Skitch for iOS, iTunes When

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Make Your Own Extendable Length PoE only ethernet cable

How to use a 4-core coiled telephone cable as a stretchy PoE only ethernet cable Remove the RJ11 connectors and expose the 4 sheathed copper cores Only 4 pins are required for PoE The colour cores need to be placed into the matching pin of the new RJ45 connectors at

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Follow Up Video: Presentation of Spectrum Analysis using Cisco Spectrum Expert, Autonomous AP with CleanAir

#WLPC_EU 2015 TenTalk presentation of how it is possible to use Cisco Spectrum Expert and a Cisco AP with CleanAir to perform Spectrum Analysis on site. On-site Spectrum Analysis with Clean Air AP | Nick Turner | WLPC EU Berlin 2015 Thank you to Keith Parsons and the videographers involved in

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How do you Hang your Hardware?

During #WLPC_EU 2015 I received a few comments regarding the dongle clips I use to fix WiFi dongles to my screen. Here are the juicy details… The dongle clips I use are branded ALFA Networks and can be found on Amazon & ALFA Networks. In the pictures you can

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Run two instances of Cisco Spectrum Expert from shortcuts, with band specific Plot configurations

30 Aug, 2015 This demonstration is performed using Windows 10, though this method also worked under Windows 8.1 In a previous post I described how to launch a second instance of Cisco Spectrum Expert by holding down the shift key and clicking on the pinned icon. This requires you

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Viewing the 5 GHz band in Cisco Spectrum Expert

31 Jul, 2015 In a previous article I described a method to connect Cisco Spectrum Expert to an Autonomous Access Point operating in Spectrum Mode. This article addresses how to configure Spectrum Expert to display the data, primarily wrangling the plots to display the entire 5 GHz band on one

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Spectrum Analysis using Cisco Spectrum Expert, Autonomous AP with CleanAir

23 Jun, 2015 Some time ago I was asked to use Cisco Spectrum Expert to perform spectrum analysis at a customer site. The initial problem I faced was how to interface the hardware, the PCMCIA cardbus sensor would not talk to my MacBook Pro, I experimented with USB ->

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Ekahau ESS, Windows 8.1, VMware and NIC-300 USB

I run Windows 8.1 in VMware Fusion on a MacBook Pro. Recently I made the switch from AirMagnet to Ekahau ESS and I was distraught to discover that on first run after installation Ekahau ESS was not detecting my NIC-300 USB adaptor. Ekahau Site Survey Pro Windows Device Manager

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Site Survey: Tracer Lithium Polymer Battery

The Terrawave battery pack has served me well, performing site surveys. However, it is a heavy beast, coming in at 3.82 kg. I would like to introduce the Tracer Lithium Polymer battery that I am currently using for site surveys and share how I use it. The Tracer battery