Wi Fi Map

Uncle_Arthur
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I have a wifi router and 3 other access points (Powerline). I love the way Fing lets you test the network speed at a particular position on a particular device, but wouldn’t it be useful to be able to build up a wifi map of the house using this information, and see it graphically so you find any cold spots. I wonder, would that be possible?
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@Uncle_Arthur are you referring to the Wifi Performance feature for Fingbox?. If so, I imagine you'd like to be able to do something like upload a floorplan and record speeds at various points on it? Is that right?Head of Product at Fing5
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I agree, there aren't many applications out there that could actually plot the traffic direction and map the network. If FING could do that, I think it would increase the number of people who would use it, and maybe a means to export the map to an image or PDF format, to email, save, etc.
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Really not sure how this would work. When doing a WiFi heat map you need to traverse the entire area. The Fingbox is a device that sits on the network that controls network connectivity. I'd have thought you'd be far better off using a laptop or other portable device for this purpose.People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.2
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Hi,
to plot the position of a device you need, at least, three readings from different places of the power radiated by the device you intend to position.
New Wi-Fi technologies with diversity facilities can estimate the distance from one client to the access point that attends the connection but I guess that these AP's can't position the spatial emplacement of the client device.
As Pooh said it's better to explore the area with a mobile or tablet and the appropriate app.
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@VioletChepil while we wait for this potential feature, is there at least a way to label Wi-Fi tests at various locations? Right now I can run tests in various parts of the building but I can't label them so it's hard to remember which poor result in the history was related to which location.0
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Ben said:@VioletChepil while we wait for this potential feature, is there at least a way to label Wi-Fi tests at various locations? Right now I can run tests in various parts of the building but I can't label them so it's hard to remember which poor result in the history was related to which location.Head of Product at Fing1
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Gidster said:@Uncle_Arthur are you referring to the Wifi Performance feature for Fingbox?. If so, I imagine you'd like to be able to do something like upload a floorplan and record speeds at various points on it? Is that right?1
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Has this idea been buried, or is it still being investigated by the developers? Or does the Fingbox have something like this by now? There seems to be no follow-up on any subject.
Perhaps the Fingbox people should assign a moderator to this section, to close ideas that won't be picked up. Now it looks as if nobody cares.
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Popula said:Has this idea been buried, or is it still being investigated by the developers? Or does the Fingbox have something like this by now? There seems to be no follow-up on any subject.
Perhaps the Fingbox people should assign a moderator to this section, to close ideas that won't be picked up. Now it looks as if nobody cares.Robin (Admin at Fing)
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