This is a great tool for fine tuning Wi-Fi networks.
Rubbish App
Response from developer
Sorry to hear that, could we know what's the problem and how can I reach to help you?
Buggy and questionable results
The SSID is too high up on the page so I can’t see it on the screen.
Quite frequently the app will crash when pressing start.
i Didn’t ask for a refund as I’m sure a lot of work had gone on here but unfortunately I wouldn’t trust this app to be giving accuarate results.
Seems app was last updated 6 months ago.
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback, the UI code will be update to adapt different devices.
The Graph is useless
Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback, actually the tool does more complicate design and calculation than your assumption and it does help customers a lot in a long period of time, e.g just review the customer comments from Germany and US, wish you have a good day :-)
Quick and dirty
Report and Graph functions fail
Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback, please contact asolutioncontact@gmail.com for quicker response, a new build was submitted to App Store, please update your comments, thanks a lot and have a great day!
Flores closes
Response from developer
Please contact asolutioncontact@gmail.com as posted in support webpage, we will help you to figure out the root cause, thanks! May 10: Could you update yoir comment since it works after reinstallation?
Useful for checking AP deployment
A good start, but needs improvement
What it does well:
1. It shows you the BSSID your device is associated to at the moment. It updates this as you roam.
2. Shows a continious ping to a host of your choice, while you roam.
What needs improvement:
1. It comes up with impossible roam times (4ms, 5ms, etc.), when in reality it's more like 40-80 ms. The method it is using to calculate roam times is flawed, and misleading. Doing a over-the-air 802.11 frame capture your iOS device's roaming behavior with a professional tool on a laptop will give far more accurate results. If accurate results can't be done, the roam time measurement should be removed from the app. It's completely misleading as it is.
2. The BSSID is displayed incorrectly if there is a zero in the first digit of the octet. For example, if the actual BSSID was "00:1a:1b:1c:1d:0e", it would display it as "0:1a:1b:1c1d:e". This should be simple to fix. Just don't drop the leading zero.
3. The UI doesn't appear to follow Apple's design guidelines. It looks like an Android app that was ported to iOS, with little though to how it should look.
Summary: It's great to see what BSSID you are associated to, and when you roam. The rest is less useful, or just plain misleading.
Response from developer
WiFi roaming time can be divided into two interval in general, first interval is the new BSSID association(auth->associate, in general it only takes a few ms if you analyze the packet sniffing file), however that’s the time reported by 3rd party tool not from the client’s own OS level, so even 1ms delay would be matter)and second interval is the data traffic actually switched from new AP to the client(this part takes much longer time), the tool measured the first part from the client’s own OS point of view, the total time that the client(iOS) accomplished BSSID association to the AP, in this manner, different brand of AP or same brand of AP enabling/disabling different feature(e.g 802.11r fast roaming)will affect the BSSID switching time, by measuring the time, the tool can be used for 1. A quick and handy WiFi RF Survey tool, for a poor of WiFi deployment, it will leave some signal blind spot or weak signal area, by reflecting on the tool, the roaming time would be dramatically huge(in weak area) or totally NO roaming(blindspot area)being shown as a new association(since the original signal from first AP was lost due to too weak and NO new signal from new AP can the client being associated with). A typical RF survey tool generate heat map by collecting AP signal level either from very expensive handheld device or by laptop attached with a USB WiFi adapter, both rely on the 3rd party WiFi adapter antenna gain NOT by real client(iOS)’s own antenna gain, what’s more, this way is too “heavy” for a quick and easy RF survey. 2. A reference testing tool for AP’s RF quality from the client’s own OS layer point of view. Even the 3rd party sniffing tool is not 100% accurate because of unavoidable delay, it is only a mater of how much delay it will bring in by the sniffing hardware and software in a matter we can ignore it or not. The idea of the tool was originated from me 100% not porting from others by the way.
