• SiteSurvey

A WiFi Site Survey Howto

• Study the area of interest
  • What wireless activity is already there

    • [http://www.wigle.net/ Wigle]

    • [http://maps.personaltelco.net/ Portland Area Nodedb]

    • Physicaly check the area with any of the Signal Strength software listed on this page
  • What is the topology like

    • [http://www.topozone.com Topozone]

• Items needed
  • Wireless card
  • Signal Strength software

    • [http://www.netstumbler.com/ Netstumbler - Windows]

    • [http://www.kismetwireless.net/ Kismet - Linux]

    • [http://apradar.sourceforge.net/ APRadar - Linux]

    • [http://binaervarianz.de/projekte/programmieren/kismac/ Kismac - Mac]

  • Patience
  • Directional antenna (Optional)