2018-06-06T12:51:00Z

What needs improvement with AirMagnet Survey?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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2024-02-20T10:17:53Z
Feb 20, 2024

AirMagnet Survey doesn't cover certain devices in the system.

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2023-05-02T16:58:00Z
May 2, 2023

When you conduct an active survey and then want to use it for design work, it's actually not very useful. When you color the IP within the software and move it around, the person doesn't change. It's just a screenshot of the pattern it made when you did the survey, except you can put a point more in the way you'd expect the pattern to change. It doesn't get a true reflection of how the signals would truly propagate, instead only shows a screenshot of the pattern made during the survey. Therefore, there is an area of improvement in the functionality of AirMagnet Survey when conducting an active survey and then using the results for design work.

Donna Obeid - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-02-16T16:57:00Z
Feb 16, 2023

We would like to get more details and extended capabilities for the solution. The clients want a list of rogue SSIDs, heat maps, etc.

David Olofson - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-10-12T18:41:40Z
Oct 12, 2022

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. There's one thing our NXG handhelds do that AirMagnet doesn't do out of the box. The NXG devices can analyze the wired and wireless networks simultaneously and map the networks out. We find it handy. However, if I have that plugged into our older OptiView XG tablets or our laptops, I have no way to analyze both the WiFi and the wired network at the same time and build a single picture with all that data. So far, that's something only our NXG handhelds can do. It would be nice if there were a way to integrate all the network discovery, troubleshooting, and mapping of the WiFi and the wired at the same time. There are almost no products that do that currently. If they managed to do that, they'd probably open up their market pretty quickly.

PK
Real User
2021-11-23T03:53:33Z
Nov 23, 2021

The throughput should be more advanced in the future. They need to add more versions of WiFi than just one.

WS
Real User
2021-08-18T19:12:23Z
Aug 18, 2021

If you're using AirMagnet, it's a special use case. As long as they really walk you through it you should be fine. However, you do need some direction and training. If you don't have very much practice with it, it is difficult to troubleshoot. It'd be nice if it was cheaper, however, you get value for your money.

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2020-07-22T08:17:22Z
Jul 22, 2020

The surveying features are in need of improvement, along with general usability. For example, they should import functions from other products that make things easier from a planner's point of view. The antenna options should be enhanced. It takes a little while to render the coverage maps. The price could be lower. The updates are few and far between, so they should release them more regularly.

SS
Real User
2019-03-13T03:25:00Z
Mar 13, 2019

There is a feature "no auto-save" when the Proxim USB is disattached accidentally during survey. Newer adapters (adpter that support 802.11ac) not support noise Reading (I'am using Proxim 9100 USB Adapter).

TG
Real User
2018-07-30T09:01:00Z
Jul 30, 2018

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.

it_user884223 - PeerSpot reviewer
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2018-06-06T12:51:00Z
Jun 6, 2018

The pricing needs improvement.

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