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December 19, 2011 at 1:11 pm in reply to: Do your scanning algorithms account for overlap between floors of a building? and does it matter? #1572
slm4996ParticipantThis workaround also could be implemented easier by the user if we could label the AP’s by hostname.
(referring to my other feature request.)
Thanks again.
slm4996ParticipantFor the whole pre-populating idea:
Basically let use identify our AP’s by either labeling them after they are detected, or by supplying a list of know AP’s before the scan. If we know that these specific AP’s are in an area to be scanned we could give netspot a list containing BSSID = AP hostname, for each AP.
That way when we go to place the detected AP’s in our documentation, or other tools, we know the hostname at a glance instead of having to do a BSSID to hostname lookup outside of netspot.
I don’t know about everyone else but when I am working with or discussing an AP I refer to it by it’s hostname, not the SSID or the BSSID of the radio(s).
Thank you for being open to ideas for improvement. Keep up the great work!
slm4996ParticipantHere is an example of what your Discovered AP list might look like if you allowed us to link to BSSID’s and/or supply Hostnames for the Physical AP’s.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5551808/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-19%20at%208.35.26%20AM.pngA little info:
The name “Old Main A” is a name that the user provides, either after the scan or via a form or csv beforehand. This for/csv would only need to columns, AP hostname/alias and BSSID.The two BSSID’s listed under “Old Main A” are discovered radios that the user either manually linked together, and to the hostname, or auto linked from the pre-filled info.
Does this help you understand my idea?
December 19, 2011 at 8:24 am in reply to: Do your scanning algorithms account for overlap between floors of a building? and does it matter? #1566
slm4996ParticipantGreat!
I am currently de-selecting all AP
s not on the same floor that I am working on. I know it is far from ideal but it gives me a better idea of minimum coverage per floor. I then re-enable them to verify overlap and possible conflicts.
slm4996ParticipantThe new information displayed is an improvement, it should show the BSSID of the ap as well. I know you can hover over the name to get it but the BSSID is just as or more important to know than the vendor.
Also, and more importantly it needs to be able to link multiple BSSID’s as a single AP. For instance, in this screenshot http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5551808/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-19%20at%208.12.04%20AM.png The first two AP/BSSID’s shown in the list are the same physical access point, the second two are another. I know that there is no reasonable way to detect this, but if you could allow us to manually link them that would help a lot.
It still needs the abliliy to rename or add an alias/hostname to the AP’s.
I will attach a modified screenshot later with some implementation ideas I would like to share.
slm4996ParticipantI did end up using a google maps image for the map, it worked ok. If we could specify multiple “do not map” zones then that might be helpful.
slm4996ParticipantDo you want the .netpsd files?
slm4996ParticipantAlso, I am the network administrator for a Higher Education campus. If you would like me to do any feature/debug testing in a real word environment just let me know.
slm4996ParticipantOutdoor mode:
The ability to scan a large area between buildings. The only way I was able to do it using the current setup was to define the greenspace I wanted mapped as a “building”.Multiple BSSID’s:
Not multi-ssids per AP but rather multiple radios in a single AP. They are currently detected as individual items since you are really only showing SSID+BSSID as identifiers.
I was thinking that using a database we could say that AP “Outside-1” has BSSID(radios) 00:00:00:00:01 and 00:00:00:00:02, etc.
This would be helpful, even if we can’t do multi-bssid only the hostname=bssid portion as it would allow us to easily identify the located/broadcasting AP by a familiar term, the hostname. Currently I have to go and find the BSSID of the broadcasting radio and lookup what hostname/AP it comes from.
slm4996ParticipantAlso being able to specify that multiple bssid’s belong to the same physical AP would be great.
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