ZigBee network analyzer WF-Hound

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The WiFi Hound is designed to help you troubleshoot and isolate problems that impact the quality of your wireless networks, especially interference from non-Access Points or competing wireless networks. The WiFi Hound is a Spectrum Analyzer, which means it displays everything in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio spectrum, including (but not limited to) signals being broadcasted from Wireless Networks, bluetooth, Zigbee devices, etc., commercial radar, microwaves, and so forth. (It is important that you familiarize yourself with the specific waveforms that each of these signals create when you first start using the WiFi Hound, so we have even included a tutorial in the interface!) Can I use it as part of my Site Survey, before I install a new WiFi network? Absolutely! You can use the WiFi Hound during your initial Site Survey at a new location to quickly optimize channel & power settings on your Access Points, and see what other things may cause problems. For example, let’s say you go in to meet with a new client. They have received prices from two other contractors, but both of those contractors quoted the client on 2.4 GHz Access Points. You whip out your WiFi Hound, and instantly see there is Bluetooth interference on the 2.4 GHz spectrum due to a wireless security system next door. You then quote the client on 5 GHz Access Points, and show them the WiFi Hound analysis and explain why they need a 5 GHz AP instead of a 2.4 GHz AP.