Test automation speeds and simplifies validation and troubleshooting – so more people can solve more problems, faster.
- AutoTest profiles for WiFi and wired networks that can be customized for your network, then standardized across the organization
- Execute multiple AutoTest profiles that shorten test time to verify multiple VLANs and WiFi SSIDs.
- Define and assign groups of targets to AutoTest profiles to validate performance using ping, TCP Connect, Web, or FTP.
- Packet capture from WiFi and Ethernet to PCAP.
- AutoTest results can be automatically uploaded to Link-Live for reporting, analysis, and documentation.
Native WiFi 6 and 6 GHz Support
With the introduction of WiFi 6/6E the way WLAN validation and troubleshooting is done has changed. New technologies designed to improve traffic management efficiency and support for the 6GHz band were introduced, allowing for higher throughput and better performance in environments where a high user capacity is required – necessitating new technology to test and validate these networks.
- Validate actual WiFi 6/6E network performance by using a native 802.11ax radio
- Gain visibility into wireless security threats on the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands.
- Provides accurate 802.11 utilization measurement and enables packet captures of WiFi 6 control, management, and data frames in all three bands
- Diagnose new WiFi 6E mechanisms of Reduced Neighbor Reports (RNR), Preferred Scanning Channels (PSC), and multi-BSSID beacons
- Authenticate using the latest security standard of WPA3 and Enhanced Open
RF Spectrum Analysis and Interference
Trying to pinpoint the source of WiFi interference on a wireless network is hit or miss with the wrong tools. Using the optional NXT-1000 Portable Spectrum Analyzer adapter, EtherScope nXG offers a view of RF interference in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, and visualizes its impact on the wireless network’s overall performance. Users of AirMagnet Spectrum XT (now discontinued) will find the combination of spectrum visibility in a handheld instrument with in-depth WiFi analytics and ideal replacement.
Instantly see what is on the network and where it is connected, by switch, slot and port number. Identify changes in connected devices and links, and quickly investigate and locate “suspect” devices and identify problems associated with device misconfigurations.
- Discover network devices across multiple VLANs and WiFi SSIDs through four WiFi and Ethernet interfaces upon power up.
- Powerful filter and sort function with automatic problem detection identifies issues such as:
- Duplicate IPs;
- Congested switch ports;
- Oversubscribed WiFi channels/SSIDs;
- Security threats, such as unknown clients, or access points with open authentication;
- Path Analysis shows the switch/router path to any connected device;
- Batch authorization workflow makes it easy to identify known vs. unknown devices, enabling “who’s on my network” auditing.
Verify network capacity, performance and QoS, and easily capture packets for detailed application analysis.
- Performance Test app simultaneously generates and measures up to eight streams of IP-based traffic through the Ethernet test port to load the network with up to full 10G line-rate traffic, testing for packet loss, delay, jitter, and end-to-end QoS
- Supports popular iPerf network throughput testing for WiFi and Wired networks
- Capture wired or wireless traffic to PCAP files for escalation evidence or analysis, with simple but powerful – filtering and slicing controls
- LANBERT™ Media Qualification app generates and measures the transmission of line rate Ethernet frames over your network cabling infrastructure, qualifying its ability to support 1G/10G on fiber and 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G on copper links
Users of AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (now obsolete) will find that they can now easily capture WiFi packets for in-depth analysis of management, control, and data frames (and even decrypt traffic) with their preferred packet analysis solution.
