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^{Map your own Wi-Fi environment} 10 000 downloaded Ekahau free survey tool

5 Jun 2009 at 14:28 GMT Timo Poropudas

Ekahau Inc., a provider of Wi-Fi-based location systems, makes a claim to the most popular Wi-Fi site survey mapping tools on the market today. The company recently announced that its Ekahau HeatMapper – a free-of-charge Wi-Fi mapping and analysis tool – has been downloaded by more than 10,000 users in the first two months of availability.

Ekahau HeatMapper allows users to visualize their Wi-Fi networks by creating coverage maps that are color-coded to identify signal strength. The tool also locates all Wi-Fi access points and detects network configurations. With this information, Ekahau HeatMapper enables users to understand and troubleshoot their wireless networks, including resolving issues with slow connectivity, connection drop-offs and security.

“We had high expectations, but were pleasantly surprised by the market’s acceptance of HeatMapper. The announcement of HeatMapper forced us to increase the outgoing bandwidth of our web site, and we have well over 10,000 users,” said Jussi Kiviniemi, senior product manager at Ekahau.

“Word about this solution has spread quickly, because HeatMapper offers an easy yet powerful product for anyone who has a Wi-Fi network with fewer than five access points. Those users who ultimately have to deploy and administer larger networks can easily migrate to our professional Wi-Fi tool, Ekahau Site Survey, which offers the same ease of use.”

Ekahau HeatMapper runs on Windows XP and Vista laptops, and supports the new 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, as well as 802.11a/b/g standards. It is available for free at Ekahau website.