Built-In Wireless Expertise
The AirWISE engine automatically detects the root cause of dozens of WLAN issues across the spectrum. AirWISE eliminates the need for users to manually interpret complex packet decodes and wireless data by taking the proactive role of identifying and explaining more than hundreds of threats and performance issues before they impact the network. The user-friendly AirWISE interface explains alarms in straightforward details, provides access to additional diagnostic data and offers advice on corrective actions.
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer includes “How-To” guides to walk IT administrators through the identification of an issue, including security, performance, interference, device configuration issues, and guides them in solving the issue. The library also includes information on the solution's major functions and how to use them in the identification and resolution of WLAN issues.
Rogue Devices, Intrusions and Network Weaknesses Alerts
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer automatically detects and alerts the user to dozens of wireless intrusions, penetration attempts and hacking strategies including rogue devices, “stumbler tools”, devices sending unencrypted data and a host of potentially damaging security configurations. These proactive measures enable IT to take corrective action before a problem occurs. The PRO version additionally detects sophisticated wireless attacks against the network. The AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer Find tool locks onto rogue or policy-violating APs or stations and guides the user to their physical location.
Network Performance Alerts
Even the most secure network will fail to meet its objectives if it does not reliably meet the demands of network users. Furthermore, certain performance issues can escalate and open up the network to unknown risks. For this reason, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer includes over 50 alerts to identify an entire range of performance issues including traffic patterns, bandwidth utilization, device configuration issues, and infrastructure or hardware failures or resets.
Real-time Wi-Fi Troubleshooting
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer provides in-depth frame statistics for every channel and device operating in the spectrum. With the channel utilization and throughput trending graphs, users can solve many of the issues that lower the overall performance of the WLAN network. Users can view trending graphs for signal strength, noise, frames, errors, retries, bandwidth and many more for every WLAN channel and device. These valuable graphs provide critical pointers to issues that are influencing the WLAN network performance. For example, graphs for packet retry and error rates reveal areas where WLAN communications are failing. With the multi-adapter support in AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO, users can monitor multiple channels simultaneously using individual adapters inserted into the same PC.
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO contains all the functionality of the basic Express version plus an additional set of features tailored to the needs of the wireless expert.
WLAN Client Roaming Analysis
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO leverages support for multiple WLAN adapters plugged into the computer to troubleshoot client roaming problems – one of IT staff’s most commonly reported problems for WLAN networks. Smoothly coordinated client roaming is key to providing users with the mobility and seamless connectivity expected from a wireless deployment, for any application, including data, voice, and video.
For VoWLAN phones, users can monitor voice delays and other statistics as the phone roams from one AP to another in the middle of a conversation. The application provides VoFi-specific data (such as WiMOS, Signal Strength, etc.) leading up to the attempt, and packet transmission rates for the conversation. With this root cause analysis on roaming problems, users can minimize the likelihood of any roaming problems recurring in the WLAN network.
Active Troubleshooting Tools
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO includes a suite of active troubleshooting tools are available at the user’s fingertips to quickly pinpoint and solve wireless network problems. This includes users not being able to connect to the network, users experiencing slower connections to the network or WLAN applications, 802.11n misconfigurations, traffic/infrastructure overloads, hardware failures, roaming problems, multipath interference problems and more.
Sophisticated Wireless Attack Detection
In addition to the unauthorized device and stumbling tools detection, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO detects sophisticated attacks launched against the corporate wireless network, aimed at disrupting the wireless services. These include Denial of Service attacks against the corporate AP/STA/Infrastructure, such as RF Jamming attacks, association, and encryption-based DoS attacks, wireless disconnection attacks, and many more. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO also detects penetration attempts against the wireless infrastructure, including a variety of dictionary attacks, fake access points, WEP cracking tools, man-in-the-middle attacks, illegal wireless frames attack, hotspot attacks, honeypot attacks, etc.
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer scans 200+ extended channels in the 5 GHz spectrum. Since wireless hackers won’t necessarily restrict their efforts to the commonly used channels, the ability to scan a wider range of the spectrum is becoming increasingly necessary.
AirMagnet-WiFi Analyzer PRO’s integrated reporter makes it easy to turn Wi-Fi analysis sessions into professional customized reports. Choose from a library of pre-built reports or generate targeted reports by selecting specific items of interest from the user interface. Reports cover all areas of management including RF statistics, channel reports, device reports, security/performance issue reports and compliance reports for a variety of regulatory standards including HIPAA, PCI, SOX and more. Reports provide a step-by-step pass/fail assessment of each section of the standard.
Complete Wi-Fi Interference Detection & Analysis
Wi-Fi interference occurs due to co-channel/adjacent channel interference from the corporate or neighbor’s WLAN, hidden nodes in the environment or non Wi-Fi devices operating in the 802.11 band. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer’s interference status indicator lists the overall interference status for each Wi-Fi channel, calculated based on the Wi-Fi interference score for the devices contributing to the interference; a list of hidden nodes and non Wi-Fi devices (non Wi-Fi detection requires AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO and RF spectrum analyzers installed on the same machine) operating in the channel. This enables users to plan future Wi-Fi deployments or modify their existing deployment to increase network performance.
802.11n Troubleshooting Toolkit and Alarms
AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer includes a new toolkit to walk users through 802.11n optimization and troubleshooting. AirWISE® automatically detects and explains the 802.11n network misconfigurations.
WLAN Throughput Simulator tool – calculates network throughput, utilization and overhead under user-specified conditions by simulating the existing network or simulating the addition of new APs or stations in the network.
Throughput/Iperf tool – allows users to run a performance test on any AP in the environment and measure the maximum WLAN bandwidth at a particular location; find the optimum configuration for maximizing WLAN throughput and test devices under various traffic stress scenarios.
802.11n Efficiency tool – analyzes conversations between 802.11n APs and stations, and indicates if the network is using 802.11n to its full potential using simple color legends. The tool provides guidance on what option is not being well-used and how to better use it along with independent visibility into the uplink and downlink performance.
802.11n Analysis tool – provides detailed statistics (20/40 MHz, SGI, MCS, PHY Data Rate, A-MPDU) for any AP-Station conversation helping the user to pin-point low throughput problems
Device Calculator tool – allows users to simply enter 802.11n AP specifications and calculate the expected network performance.