The NetAlly AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO is the industry standard WiFi analysis and monitoring software tool for mobile monitoring, auditing and WiFi troubleshooting enterprise WiFi networks. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer helps IT staff quickly solve end-user issues while automatically detecting WiFi signal strength, security threats and wireless network vulnerabilities. The AMA1150 WiFi network analyzer enables wireless network managers to easily test and diagnose dozens of common wireless network performance issues including throughput issues, WiFi connectivity issues, device conflicts and signal multipath problems. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer includes a full compliance reporting engine including wireless PCI compliance, SOX, and ISO, which automatically maps collected network information to requirements for wireless network compliance with policy and industry regulations. With the latest support for 802.11ac, AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer is the industry's most accurate 802.11ac WiFi network troubleshooting and optimization tool that never misses any WiFi traffic and helps solve problems right the first time.

Never Miss Any Wi-Fi Traffic

With the AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer, you have the ability to capture any Wi-Fi traffic for 802.11a/b/g/n/ac networks, including the latest 3 X 3 802.11ac traffic. With this ability you never miss any Wi-Fi traffic, which allows you to solve any Wi-Fi network troubleshooting problems right the first time without costly rework or escalations.

Built-In Wireless Expertise

The AirWISE engine automatically detects the root cause of dozens of wireless network troubleshooting 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 Wi-Fi network. The user-friendly AirWISE interface explains alarms in straightforward details, provides access to additional diagnostic data, and offers advice on corrective actions.

Portable Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Solution With No AP Downtime

It is important to note that all wireless network troubleshooting solutions or software tools are not the same, and it is very critical for you to solve the wireless network troubleshooting problems right the first time, irrespective of the location of the problem and more importantly with no impact to the performance of the AP infrastructure. There is a huge misconception that by using freeware apps or basic troubleshooting capabilities built inside the AP infrastructure, you can monitor and solve Wi-Fi issues that impact the security and performance of the network.

Freeware apps or the ones that cost only a few dollars, provide nothing more than a list of Wi-Fi networks and their properties, and do nothing to solve real-world problems. They do not match the capabilities of a true wireless network analyzer like AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer that can monitor and solve any troubleshooting problem in the Wi-Fi network.

Many of the AP Infrastructure solutions claim built-inside troubleshooting with partial scanning or full time scanning options. Both of these Wi-Fi network monitoring options have severe limitations on solving problems. Part time scanning methods lead to slower detection of problems in the network and could even miss the issue altogether. With full time scanning, you are limited by taking the AP away from its core purpose, which is providing data services, for dedicated scanning or sniffing. Moreover, the APs are fixed on the ceiling and cannot travel to the location of the problem. With AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer, all of these limitations are enabled with full-featured dedicated on-site Wi-Fi troubleshooting with zero AP downtime.

Instant Alerts to WLAN Security and Performance Issues

AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer automatically detects and alerts the user to dozens of wireless intrusions, penetration attempts and Wi-Fi hacking strategies including rogue devices, "stumbler tools", devices sending unencrypted data and a host of potentially damaging wireless security configurations. These proactive measures enable IT to take corrective action before a problem occurs. The AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO version additionally detects sophisticated wireless attacks against the network. The AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer Find tool locks onto rogue or policy violating APs or stations and guides the user to their physical location.

Even the most secure wireless network will fail to meet its objectives if it does not reliably meet the demands of network users. Furthermore, certain Wi-Fi network performance issues can escalate and open up the network to unknown risks. For this reason, the AM/A1150 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.

Wireless Network Health Summary

AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer provides users with the complete inventory of the devices, including APs, clients and smart devices that are operating in the environment. For each device, users are powered with detailed configuration information and traffic statistics for each device. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer also includes a dashboard that provides a live snapshot into the overall health of the wireless network and helps users focus on top issues that need immediate attention to ensure maximized wireless network security and performance. Users are powered with a variety of charts, including ones for channel utilization, top talkers in the network, wireless network interference levels, mis-matched configurations, overloaded APs, security and performance problems, etc. Users can drill down for deeper investigation into WLAN statistics for every device, channel and wireless frame. It helps users focus on things that matter to them, before digging into the application for advanced analysis. This helps save a lot of time and effort for the user as they troubleshoot any issues in the network.

Wireless Network Troubleshooting

Along with the unique capability of providing instant answers with AirWISE, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer users are provided with in-depth frame statistics for every channel and device operating in the spectrum. With the channel utilization and throughput trending graphs, users can troubleshoot many of the issues that lower the overall performance of the wireless network. The AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer users can view trending graphs for signal strength, noise, frames, errors, retries, bandwidth and many more for every wireless network channel and device. These valuable network monitoring graphs provide critical pointers to troubleshooting issues that are influencing the wireless network performance. For example, graphs for packet retry and error rates reveal areas where wireless network communications are failing. On AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer's Decode Screen, users can view and analyze a list of real-time packets including 3X3 802.11n and 3X3 802.11ac packets, and also includes support for monitoring upper-layer protocols. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer gives users the option to apply a filter in order to isolate particular packets of interest, based on a specific channel, SSID, node, IP address, or type of frame WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK encrypted packets can be decrypted. With the multi-adapter support in AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO, users can monitor multiple channels simultaneously using individual adapters inserted into the same PC.

WLAN Client Roaming Analysis

One of the core benefits of wireless technology is to provide mobility for users, and in a typical environment it is expected that the client devices will roam across APs and at times network boundaries. Ensuring a smooth roam, without any dropped calls or sessions and in a way that is not noticeable to the user is key for any deployment. 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.

The AM/A1150AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer provides advanced details on all roaming transactions for any WLAN client including stations, phones, and handheld scanners. Users are powered with AirWISE expertise to get detailed reasons for the roaming event taking place, device and channel parameters that influence the roam, and visibility into whether the roam was good or not.

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, thus improving user satisfaction and improving user/network performance for mission critical applications.

Active Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Tools to solve user complaints

AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO is the industry's only wireless network analyzer that includes a suite of active Wi-Fi troubleshooting tools to quickly pinpoint and solve wireless network troubleshooting problems. This includes users not being able to connect to the network, users experiencing slower connections to the network or WLAN applications, 802.11n and 802.11ac mis-configurations, traffic/infrastructure overloads, hardware failures, roaming problems, multipath interference problems and more. With these Wi-Fi troubleshooting tools available at the user's fingertips, they can solve any kind of problem that are impacting the network performance. These Wi-Fi troubleshooting tools include:

Complete Wi-Fi Interference Detection and Wi-Fi Analysis

Interference is one of the leading cause for poor connectivity and performance problems in the network. This interference can be from other Wi-Fi devices due to poor channel planning (adjacent or co-channel interference) or could be from non-Wi-Fi interference sources. 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 easily plan future Wi-Fi deployments or modify their existing deployment to minimize interference and in turn improve network performance.

Integrated Reporting

AirMagnet-WiFi Analyzer PRO's integrated reporter makes it easy to turn Wi-Fi analysis sessions into professional customized Wi-Fi network monitoring reports. Choose from a library of pre-built reports or generate targeted reports by selecting specific items of interest from the user interface. Wi-Fi network monitoring reports cover all areas of management including RF statistics, channel reports, device reports, security/performance issue reports and auditor-ready compliance reports for a variety of regulatory standards including HIPAA, PCI, SOX, DoD 8100.2, FISMA and many more. For the compliance reports, you are powered with a step-by-step pass/fail assessment of each section of the standard, along with details on the devices that are in/out of compliance.

BYOD Classification

AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO instantly detects and classifies smart phones and tablets that connect to the network. This capability allows IT professionals to authorize these devices, quickly troubleshoot and resolve issues caused by these devices as well as determine performance and security impact to the WLAN network. For example, user can very quickly see rogue smart devices that connect to the network, and determine whether a specific smart device is consuming a lot of bandwidth by accessing the Top Talkers graph in the dashboard.

802.11ac Analysis and Troubleshooting

802.11ac is the next generation wireless network standard that promises gigabit speeds, but with this great promise comes a lot of challenges that the users are expected to deal with AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer, network engineers are equipped with the critical data needed to quickly solve end-user issues and prevent costly rework and escalations. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer is the industry's only wireless network analyzer that does not miss any 802.11ac traffic with full 3 X 3 support and can solve any problems on the 802.11ac network. More importantly all of this is done with full time scanning and by traveling to the location of the problem for more effective troubleshooting with zero AP downtime (no need to take the AP offline for monitoring and troubleshooting) as compared to reusing the AP for the purpose or other tools that rely on fixed APs for troubleshooting. It also plays a critical role in helping users optimize the migration path from legacy technologies to this new standard with its unique 802.11ac toolkit to give clear direction and details on how to leverage new 802.11ac options to maximize throughput and performance. This 802.11ac analysis and troubleshooting toolkit includes:

AllyCare Support

AllyCare Support is required with the purchase of the AM/A1150 AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer. It is sold separately and can be bought as either a 1-year or 3-year support option.