I'm trying to mount an outdoor access point that covers my half acre backyard, and measure for ideal antenna positioning.
I remember the Wifi Analyzer app working brilliantly. But now... it doesn't give any real-time data. Could be a permissions thing or bug from running it with my outdated android device.
But damn the app hasn't been updated in 6 years. Anyone have any good tools for measuring wifi strength?
@SnazzyGumball yep, that was definitely it. Disabled an option called "wifi scan throttling" in Android dev options settings. Old app works again, but new one has a little cleaner interface.
My goal today was to get decent wifi in my backyard #shedstudio, 80ft behind my house.
A Ubiquiti wifi AP arrived this morning. I spent all day setting it up and running ethernet. My wife was gone so I pulled full-time duty with the babies.
Tried mounting it in a dozen locations. Somehow, the best position for it has a giant, 3.5ft diameter trunk oak tree directly in between the AP and shedstudio.
I just got done drilling into my siding at 1am like some kind of psycho. But I did it!
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