I’m a pretty competent home networker who has volunteered to help a friend figure out some persistent networking problems. I think there may be an issue of signal loss due to the positioning of the router, and I want to be able to demonstrate that with data.
Does anyone know of a network surveying tool that would display, at a minimum, signal strength at various sample points? Ideally I’d like to be able to use this on iOS, but I can also use it on MacOS. I’m very comfortable with the command line if there are tools you would suggest using there.
Thanks!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ua.com.wifisolutions.wifiheatmap&hl=en
Its android, but its also free. A lot of the mac/iphone stuff is not free. Borrowing an android from a friend is probably easier?
Otherwise, use the ping command and keep an eye on latency and packet drops. If there are spikes in either, you have a problem area
I’m happy to pay for something if it works. Like, not $100 but I’d pay $20 or so for a piece of software that meets this need.