Wireless heap Mapping Software

[AxL1971]

Anyone recommend a good software for heat mapping and AP placement

Also, we currently have MR56, would it be benficable to upgrade to MR57 if we decide to deploy new AP's

[alemabrahao]

Ekahau, but It's very expensive or  Yagna https://www.yagnaiq.com/solutions/wifi-planner/

[AxL1971]

hopefully cost is not an issue

[Brash]

Ekhau is more or less the industry standard. But as @alemabrahao mentioned, it is expensive and does generally require some training on how best to use it

[GreenMan]

@AxL1971    This is why many companies contract-in wireless site surveys to a Cisco partner, who can afford the right tech and have the appropriate experience - cos they are using it for many customer, frequently.   Remember that a site survey is more of a tested design operation, so experience is really important;    the tool, by itself, won't give you all the answers.

[KarstenI]

Hamina Wireless is the new star in the Wireless Design area:

https://www.hamina.com/

But it is still in Beta and not publicly available.

[GIdenJoe]

Ekahau the whole bundle costs about 10k for the sidekick, cloud subscription and the AI pro software.

So I guess if you only need the software for predictive modelling you probably get away with some 4k?

It is the best software out here though.

You can even use existing measurements and change the AP type to see if you would just replace exising ap positions what the signal would be with the new model.

[Janitor]

Hi Axl,

We at Hamina make a fully Meraki-supported, Meraki-integrated SW for this. Hit me up if you'd like to discuss. 

It's also on the Meraki Marketplace: https://apps.meraki.io/en-US/apps/410018/hamina-network-planner