Hi falam,
Let me first preface my post with a disclaimer, I am currently an employee of Ekahau. I would like to believe I am unbiased, but in the belief in fully disclosure you are aware of my background. It is only my goal to provide insight into Ekahau's offerings, it is not my intention to push a sale or promote our tools.
With that said, I do believe we offer excellent Wi-Fi tools that will meet or exceed your expectations. We take a lot of pride in our products and value customer feedback very seriously. We are active on twitter and oftentimes feedback comes directly from our customers to our development team, which in turn work on improving the product immediately.
Recently, many Wi-Fi experts have been singing the praise of our products and some have actually worked directly with us to improve our tools based on realworld situations. I feel confident that if you asked anyone that has actually spent time with our tools they would recommend us.
Below is a list of the tools that we offer:
- Ekahau Site Survey Pro is the flagship product for laptops. Everything for laptops (planning, surveying, capacity analysis, reporting, GPS Surveys, etc.), except spectrum analysis.
- Ekahau Site Survey Standard is like Pro; but without planning, capacity, reporting, or GPS enabled outdoor surveys.
- Ekahau Mobile Survey is the Android tablet/phone tool, with site survey features, coverage mapping, on-the-spot analysis, and client-side monitoring. Mobile Survey can be used for both active and passive surveys. More information about our Mobile Survey capabilities can be seen in a YouTube video here. Soon to be released is version 3.0 with an AP Finder feature to track down rogue APs using vibration/alerts as you get closer and refreshed UI.
- Ekahau Spectrum Analyzer is what you need for in-depth interference analysis. The Spectrum Analyzer provides a detailed look at interference sources such as bluetooth devices, cordless phones, and other 2.4/5 GHz interferers. More information about our Spectrum Analyzer tool can be found here.
- Premium Pack has it all (ESS-Pro, NIC Hub, 2x NIC-300-USBs, Mobile Survey, Spectrum Analyzer).
For more information on the different products, please go here.
I also suggest you check out our blog, videos, and training sites to learn more about our product capabilities in greater detail.
No matter which tool(s) you ultimately decide on I think it is great that you are actually taking the time to design the network correctly. Far too often there are consultants/integrators that try to get away with free software or best guessed "designs" that end up resulting in poor deployments and unhappy customers.
Best of luck,
Andrew