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| WildPackets Announces OmniSpectrum v3.0 WildPackets has announced a significant upgrade to OmniSpectrum, a mobile spectrum analysis solution. OmniSpectrum enables IT engineers to measure RF interference jeopardizing WLAN performance and to identify and locate the sources of that interference. RF interference remains a hidden threat to most enterprise WLANs, creating network congestion and causing network connections to drop suddenly. Without spectrum analysis, IT organizations have no way of measuring interference or identifying the sources of interference, which can be as various as cordless phones and microwave ovens. The OmniSpectrum solution, which runs on a standard Windows laptop, provides advanced spectrum analysis in a low-cost, portable form factor that's suited for busy network administrators and IT service technicians. OmniSpectrum v3.0 introduces more new graphical displays about channel usage, noise, and interference that augment the charts and graphical plots in earlier OmniSpectrum releases. Administrators can see at a glance which channels are over-utilized, and by what devices, whether the interference sources are 802.11 or non-802.11 devices. Detailed information on what is causing the interferences in each channel is just a mouse-over away. OmniSpectrum also presents unequivocal, real-time data relating the signal strength for each AP to the interference and noise for each 802.11 channel. Taking advantage of OmniSpectrum's new alert features, administrators can quickly identify troublesome interference sources that threaten network performance or security. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Networking News :: home page |