Ekahau Site Survey

The surveys are used to collect vital information about the wireless environment to understand where the placements of APs should be during pre-deployment or to identify areas of weakness within the wireless environment.

An Ekahau WiFi site survey is an effective and simple way of collecting data to understand the radio frequency behaviour in the area where the wireless network is or is going to be installed. It will reveal any dead zones or areas of interference which is vital to be able to build a solid network.

The main outcome of a Wi-Fi site survey is to determine the feasibility of implementing a wireless network in a specific area and finding the best spots for access points and other equipment like cables and antennas. With the help of an Ekahau site survey, your client will be able to decide what equipment to get and where to install it.

Many of our partners rely on us as a single point of contact for booking a certified Ekahau or AirMagnet Wi-Fi engineer. Finding a qualified WiFi engineer with access to the software required can be challenging and that is why Orion 247 has built a network of trusted and reliable Ekahau and AirMagnet site survey specialists around the world.

We add value by acting as a white label solutions partner and an extension to their existing team by assisting with the global reach of their wireless site surveys. Our partners can contact us instead of going out to multiple in-country suppliers for quotes for international WiFi site surveys, thus saving valuable time and money.

After RTLS customers started using the calibration software to design and test their Wi-Fi networks in addition to calibrating their RTLS solutions it became apparent that there was a market for Wi-Fi design and testing tools. There were no Wi-Fi site survey tools available at that time.

This was the genesis of Wi-Fi site survey tools, and what would become Ekahau Site Survey (ESS). Ekahau Site Survey was the first ever enterprise-grade site survey tool; later adding features such as reporting, network planning, and many more advanced features over the years.

"Aruba's Systems Engineers have a broad range of survey tools at their disposal, and they choose to use Ekahau Site Survey (ESS). ESS is an essential tool for any field engineer who is serious about Wi-Fi.

This is the first of a series of blog posts about Ekahau Wi-Fi Tools, future posts will cover designing Aruba Wi-Fi networks using ESS and Site Surveying. Until then, please check out the Ekahau website and hope you find this series educational.

You can place APs with integrated BLE devices or add a new stand-alone BLE device type, which provides a choice of three Aruba beacons, or a generic beacon. This should be enough to get going with, but Ekahau will be expanding the list of devices over time. Ekahau Site Survey only supports predictive planning at the moment, with the promise of Bluetooth surveys further down the line.

Ekahau Connect is a suite of Wi-Fi tools that enable you and your team to design, optimize and troubleshoot any Wi-Fi network faster and easier than ever before. It allows seamless collaboration between IT personnel, who are charged with keeping Wi-Fi running smoothly, and the Wi-Fi expert, who is often overloaded with managing multiple projects and sites.

The adapter fits into any laptop that has a standard USB interface. When used with Ekahau Site Survey, the adapter allows for quick site surveys on any 802.11ac as well as 802.11abgn network. Site surveys can be performed simultaneously for 2.4 and 5GHz frequency bands.

Ekahau software and hardware solutions design and manage superior wireless networks by minimizing network deployment time and ensuring sufficient wireless coverage across all industries, project sizes, building infrastructures and levels of complexity. Ekahau is recognized for delivering the easiest-to-use, most reliable solutions fo