Question

Search the Internet for two  wireless site survey software

Write a report comparing both products including the following as a minimum:

1. Links to both
2. list of features
3. Price of the commercial one
4. Try to install the freeware software and include screenshots of your output .
5. Include your own comments regarding the output from # 4 and how this would be used to improve the security of wireless networks.

Answer 1

Hello ,Student

Here is two wireless site survey software which will be explained or compared : -

1) VisiWave Site Survey

2) NetSpot

VisiWave Site Survey

VisiWave Site Survey is an advanced site survey software which have both data collection and data visualization features. It is developed for every time of hotspots surveys. VisiWave Site Survey can analyze your wireless site and display every data related to this.

This software will scan in-depth and will collect data in-depth from your WLAN.

This software can solve many problems related to your WLAN or performance of WLAN.

Link of Software : - Typing  Links here is not allowed on this platform but you can search Internet with visiwave and you will get from there and add here.

List of features:-

1. Predictive Survey Accuracy

2. Secondary Coverage Graph

3. Support for Minimum Signal in Coverage Graphs

4. Heatmap Contour Lines

5. Better Default Filename when Creating Reports

Price of the commercial one : - VisiWave is not a sinle product it comes under different types of sizes and shapes.

Price for the VisiWave Site Survey is : -  $549

and Price for the VisiWave Site Survey Pro is : - $849

Screenshot of VisiWave Software : - Its a paid product so Screenshot can not be possible but you can add screenshot from Internet if necessary.

NetSpot

NetSpot is also a site survey software and a trobleshooting software.It is designed and developed for both Small users to large scale deployments.

NetSpot even can make better strength of WIFI via various heatmaps.

Netspot can also tells that where is better signal or where is weak signal within your area So it helps alot to get better Wifi connectivity.

Link of the software : - Again Typing  Links here is not allowed on this platform but you can search Internet with NetSpot and you will get link from there and add here.

List of features:-

1. NetSpot have a built in mapping software or tool.
2. NetSpot supports automatic heatmap technique
3. NetSpot can scan Wifi and collect information automatically, Which is a great feature.
4. NetSpot can analyze various charts and can compare between signals and noise as well in a exact same time.

Price of the commercial one : - NetSpot have also different types of versions with add-on features according to price.

NetSpot Home : - $49

NetSpot Pro : - $149

NetSpot Enterprise : - $499

Screenshot : - Its a paid product so Screenshot can not be possible but you can add screenshot from Internet if necessary.

So by comparing both the wireless site survey software I will go with NetSpot software because it is value for money software with all the necessary features and tools and NetSpot also available for free trial which is enough to go for this and We if talk about features than also NetSpot surely beat the VisiWave software.

These softwares can be used to improve the security of wireless networks in many ways like by collecting data and analyzing the data, area signal and charts of the WLAN usage by different devices, by mapping signal strength and by much more we can improve the security of wireless networks and attacks.

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