We performed a comparison between AirMagnet Survey and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Troubleshooting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The addition of the AirMapper software on the nXG and our AirCheck G2s has helped a lot because we're mostly not drilling down into the data. Local managers only need to see the coverage on their end and whether there are performance bottlenecks. These things are easy enough for us to ascertain with iPerf."
"We use the solution for Wi-Fi and networks."
"I would like to rate the product as eight of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the predictive survey. The antennas' RF patterns are reflected correctly on the drawing when preparing predictive heat maps."
"The heat maps are quite good, and some features are easy to use."
"Clear and easy to use maps."
"The predictive survey is the most valuable feature. I use it quite often."
"Customer service is great."
"The product is simple to implement."
"Wireshark's best features are that it lets us see what traffic is in the network and what data should be encrypted."
"I can save the traffic and analysis when I want to. Also, it's especially helpful to follow the stream (TCP, UDP, etc.)."
"Wireshark is a good tool to start with network analyzing and packet capturing."
"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"I use the filters very often, to determine what type of traffic I am looking for. The use of filter allows traffic to be segmented so that a value can be looked at individually apart from the other traffic."
"I like the filtering feature as we can filter data easily. This feature is also available in tcpdump, but it's a simple piece of software. Wireshark is more advanced and has many features. It allows you to filter a lot of things. The output can be filtered easily. The most important feature is colorization. If I say, "Okay, this particular SMB protocol in red, it will show me red." It's easy to identify that protocol or capture data."
"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."
"When you conduct an active survey and then want to use it for design work, it's actually not very useful."
"AirMagnet Survey doesn't cover certain devices in the system."
"The surveying features are in need of improvement, along with general usability."
"The user interface needs a lot of improvement. The auto-placement of access points is not accurate."
"It would be nice to have some more training resources for younger techs. We can use them if we need some assistance, but that usually requires one of us who knows what we're doing to calibrate the programs properly."
"But it's definitely a more expensive solution than other ones."
"Printouts are JPEG printouts. The AirMagnet software is proprietary. I can't send my customers a file, because it is AirMagnet file, even for building projects. I can only send JPEGs or screenshots of heat maps."
"I would say some of our newer techs that are going out to job sites can be a little bit intimidated by the interface."
"I would like better control of bandwidth from the service provider."
"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."
"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."
"We would like the product to be developed so that it doesn't rely on internet access for installation. We would like to see all of the components required to be integrated into the installer."
"Big trace files (more than 1,000,000 packets) can be slow, but then you can use "TraceWrangler" (also free) to help with slicing and dicing the data."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"The Wireshark search function shows green for a correct search and red for an incorrect search. If there were a way to provide a description about what a search - and the similar ones which are available - can do, while a person is typing it, it would make the product easier to use and simultaneously decrease the learning curve."
AirMagnet Survey is ranked 8th in Network Troubleshooting with 38 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. AirMagnet Survey is rated 8.2, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of AirMagnet Survey writes "It fixes so many problems quickly that we don't regret spending more on high-end tools than most companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". AirMagnet Survey is most compared with Ekahau Site Survey, Aruba Wireless, AirCheck G3 and iBwave Wi-Fi, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Nagios XI, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Colasoft Capsa and Auvik Network Management (ANM). See our AirMagnet Survey vs. Wireshark report.
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