Product Overview
Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (Model: AM/A1151-CH-G) is an industry-standard tool designed for mobile auditing and resolving enterprise-grade Wi-Fi network issues. It enables IT staff to quickly address problems encountered by end-users, while automatically detecting Wi-Fi security threats and wireless network vulnerabilities. This solution allows network administrators to easily test and diagnose various common wireless network performance issues, including traffic problems, connection issues, device conflicts, and signal multipath transmission issues. Additionally, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer is equipped with a fully compliant reporting engine, which can automatically map the collected network information to the compliance requirements of wireless network policies and industry regulations.
Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (Model: AM/A1151-CH-G) is available in two versions: "Express" and "Pro". The Express version provides core Wi-Fi troubleshooting and Wi-Fi security audit functions, allowing users to view devices, automatically identify common issues, and locate specific devices. The Pro version includes all the features of the Express version and adds a host of additional capabilities, providing customers with a comprehensive Wi-Fi tool capable of solving any performance, security, or reporting challenges.
With Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (AM/A1151-CH-G)
You can capture all Wi-Fi traffic of 802.11a/b/g/n/ac networks, including the new 3x3 802.11ac traffic. This feature ensures you never miss any traffic, allowing you to resolve all Wi-Fi issues correctly on the first attempt—no costly rework or issue escalation required.
Built-in Wireless Expertise
The AirWISE? engine can automatically detect the root causes of dozens of WLAN issues. Before these issues impact the network, AirWISE proactively identifies and explains hundreds of threats and performance problems. Now, users no longer need to manually interpret complex packet decoding and wireless data. Through the user-friendly AirWISE interface, users can access detailed alert analysis, additional diagnostic data, and recommendations for corrective actions.
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Portable Troubleshooting Solution Without AP Downtime
It is important to note that no two troubleshooting solutions or tools are identical. Regardless of the location, we need to resolve issues correctly on the first try without affecting the performance of the AP infrastructure. A common misconception is that free apps or basic diagnostic functions built into the AP infrastructure can solve problems affecting network security and performance.
Free or low-cost (just a few dollars) applications can only provide a list of networks and their attributes, which is of no help in solving actual problems. They cannot compare with genuine wireless network analyzers like the Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (AM/A1151-CH-G) that can resolve all issues in Wi-Fi networks.
Many AP infrastructure solutions claim to have built-in diagnostics with partial scanning or full-time scanning options. However, these options have significant limitations for problem-solving. Partial scanning detects network issues slowly and may even miss them entirely. Full-time scanning, on the other hand, affects the core function of APs—it diverts resources intended for providing data services to conduct dedicated scanning or detect problems. Moreover, these APs are fixed on ceilings and cannot reach the locations where issues occur. The AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer offers full-featured, dedicated on-site diagnostic capabilities, avoiding all these limitations and achieving zero AP downtime.
Instant Alerts for WLAN Security and Performance Issues
The Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (AM/A1151-CH-G) automatically detects dozens of wireless intrusions, penetration attempts, and Wi-Fi hacking activities (including malicious devices, "inadvertent tools", tools that transmit unencrypted data, and many hazardous wireless security configurations) and alerts users. These proactive measures enable IT departments to take corrective actions before problems occur. The PRO version can also detect complex wireless attacks targeting the network. The discovery tool of the AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer can locate malicious or non-compliant access points or end devices and guide users to find their physical locations.
Even a secure network will fail to meet its intended goals if it cannot reliably meet the needs of network users. Additionally, some performance issues may escalate, leaving the network vulnerable to unknown risks. To address this, the AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer provides over 50 alerts to identify various performance issues, including traffic patterns, bandwidth utilization, device configuration problems, and infrastructure or hardware failures or resets.
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WLAN Network Health Summary
The Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (AM/A1151-CH-G) provides users with a full set of device diagnostics, covering APs, clients, and smart devices operating in the wireless environment. For each device, users can access detailed configuration information and traffic statistics. The dashboard of the AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer displays the overall health status of the WLAN network in real time, allowing users to focus on top-priority issues that require immediate attention and ensuring optimal WLAN security and performance. It provides users with various charts, including those for channel utilization, top session devices in the network, WLAN interference levels, mismatched configurations, overloaded access points, and security and performance issues. Users can conduct in-depth investigation and analysis of WLAN statistics, channels, and wireless frames for each device. It helps users focus on key aspects, eliminating the need to delve into applications for advanced analysis. This saves users a great deal of time and effort when diagnosing network issues.
Fluke AirMagnet WiFi User Dashboard
WLAN Issue Diagnosis
In addition to providing instant answers through AirWISE, the Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer (AM/A1151-CH-G) offers detailed frame statistics for each channel and each device operating in the spectrum. Using channel utilization and throughput trend charts, users can resolve many issues that reduce the overall performance of the WLAN network. Users can view various trend charts for each WLAN channel and each device, such as signal strength, noise, frames, errors, retries, and bandwidth. These important charts provide key information to help users identify issues affecting WLAN network performance. For example, packet retry and error rate charts can tell users which areas have WLAN communication failures. On the decoding screen of the AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer, users can view and analyze real-time packet lists, including 3x3 802.11n and 3x3 802.11ac packets, as well as support for monitoring upper-layer protocols. The AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer provides users with the option to apply filters (based on a specific channel, SSID, node, IP address, or frame type) to isolate specific packets of interest. It can decrypt WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK encrypted packets. With the multi-adapter support of the AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO, users can connect multiple adapters to the same PC, enabling simultaneous monitoring of multiple channels.
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WLAN Client Roaming Analysis
One of the advantages of wireless technology is the mobility it brings to users. In a typical environment, client devices are expected to roam between multiple APs or even network boundaries. For any deployment, ensuring smooth roaming—without call or session interruptions—and seamless handoffs (imperceptible to users) is crucial. The Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO (AM/A1151-CH-G) supports connecting multiple WLAN adapters to a computer to resolve client roaming issues—a common WLAN problem faced by IT staff.
The AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer provides detailed information about all roaming transactions of any WLAN client (such as end devices, phones, and handheld scanners). Users can leverage the expertise of AirWISE? to understand the specific causes of roaming events, the device and channel parameters that affect roaming, and gain insights into whether roaming events are good or bad.
For VoWLAN phones, when a call is in progress and the phone roams from one access point to another, users can monitor voice latency and other statistics. This application provides specific VoFi data (such as WiMOS, signal strength, etc.) that causes roaming attempts and changes in call packet transmission rates.
By conducting root cause analysis of roaming issues, users can minimize the occurrence of roaming problems on the WLAN network, thereby improving customer satisfaction and enhancing user/network performance for critical applications.
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Wi-Fi Proactive Troubleshooting Tools to Resolve User Complaints
The Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO (AM/A1151-CH-G) is the industry's only wireless network analysis tool that includes a variety of Wi-Fi proactive troubleshooting tools, allowing users to identify and resolve wireless network issues in an instant. These issues include: users being unable to connect to the network, slow connection speeds for network or WLAN applications, misconfigurations of 802.11n and 802.11ac, traffic or infrastructure overload, hardware failures, roaming problems, and multi-channel interference issues. With these tools, users can resolve all issues affecting network performance. The tools include:
Device Locator: A Geiger-Counter tool that helps locate unauthorized or policy-violating devices.
Connection Test: A tool that completes end-to-end network connection (DHCP, Ping, and Trace) and application performance (HTTP, FTP, audio, video) evaluation with one click.
Signal Distribution Tool: Detects any multi-path issues in the network.
Roaming Tool: Evaluates the roaming time of clients between APs.
Performance/Iperf Tool: Assesses the uplink and downlink throughput performance of the network.
802.11n and 802.11ac Throughput Calculation Tool: Compares the performance of vendor APs based on the technical specifications and capabilities of these devices.
802.11n and 802.11ac Efficiency and Analysis Tool: Analyzes sessions between APs and workstations and uses a simple color legend to indicate whether the network fully utilizes the full potential of 802.11ac and 802.11n.
802.11n and 802.11ac Throughput Simulation Tool: Calculates network throughput, utilization, and overload under user-specified conditions by simulating the existing infrastructure or adding new APs or workstations to the network.
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Comprehensive Wi-Fi Interference Detection and Analysis
Interference is one of the main causes of unstable network connections and performance issues. Interference can occur due to improper channel planning of other Wi-Fi devices (co-channel interference or adjacent-channel interference) or non-Wi-Fi interference sources. Wi-Fi interference may result from co-channel and adjacent-channel interference with other companies or surrounding WLANs, hidden nodes in the environment, or non-Wi-Fi devices operating in the 802.11 frequency band. The interference status screen of the Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO (AM/A1151-CH-G) lists the overall interference status of each Wi-Fi channel (with an interference score calculated for interfering devices based on Wi-Fi interference) and also lists hidden nodes and non-Wi-Fi devices operating in the channel (detection of non-Wi-Fi devices requires both AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer Pro and an RF frequency analyzer to be installed on the computer). This allows users to easily plan future Wi-Fi deployments or modify existing deployments to reduce interference and improve network performance.
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Integrated Reporting
With the integrated reporter of AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer Pro, you can easily convert Wi-Fi analysis into professional, customized reports. You can select pre-built reports from the user interface or choose specific items to generate targeted reports. The report content covers all aspects of management, including RF statistics, channel reports, device reports, security or performance issue reports, and compliance reports for various regulatory standards (such as HIPAA, PCI, SOX, DoD 8100.2, FISMA, etc.). For compliance reports, we can guide you through a detailed pass/fail assessment of each part of the standard, including detailed information on whether each device is compliant.
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BYOD Classification
The Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO (AM/A1151-CH-G) instantly detects and classifies smartphones and tablets connected to the network. This feature allows IT professionals to authorize these devices, quickly troubleshoot and resolve issues caused by these devices, and determine their impact on the performance and security of the WLAN network. For example, users can quickly identify malicious smart devices connected to the network and, by accessing the top user chart in the dashboard, determine whether a specific smart device is consuming a large amount of bandwidth.
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802.11ac Analysis and Troubleshooting
802.11ac is the next-generation gigabit-rate WLAN standard, but it brings many issues that need to be resolved for users. With the Fluke AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO (AM/A1151-CH-G), network engineers have access to key data needed to quickly resolve end-user issues, avoiding costly rework and issue escalation. The AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer is the industry's only wireless network analyzer that never misses any 802.11ac traffic, provides complete 3x3 support, and can resolve all issues on 802.11ac networks. More importantly, all this is achieved through full-time scanning and on-site diagnostics, with no AP downtime (monitoring and diagnostics can be performed without taking APs offline)—a significant advantage compared to solutions that rely on the additional analysis functions of APs themselves or other tools that require fixed APs for diagnostics. In addition, through its unique 802.11ac toolkit, it provides users with an optimized migration path from traditional technologies to this new standard and offers clear, specific guidance on how to leverage 802.11ac technology to maximize wireless network throughput and performance. The toolkit includes:
802.11ac Throughput Calculation Tool: Compares the performance of vendor APs based on the technical specifications and capabilities of these devices.
802.11ac Efficiency and Analysis Tool: Analyzes sessions between APs and workstations, uses a simple color legend to indicate whether the network fully utilizes the full potential of 802.11ac and 802.11n, and helps identify performance issues.
802.11ac Throughput Simulation Tool: Calculates network throughput, utilization, and overload under user-specified conditions by simulating the existing infrastructure or adding new APs or workstations to the network.
