Ekahau GPS Survey
There are a few abilities with the Survey app out from Ekahau that I have found to be great improvements on the days I walked around with my connect-a-desk and my bulky laptop doing my wireless surveys with a SideKick. The light weight iPad is one such improvement, another is the ability to perform GPS surveys natively with the iPad. They have come in handy for those few outdoor areas the customer wants surveyed. I have used it both for APoS (AP on a stick) surveys and validation surveys. In this post I wanted to share how to set up a GPS survey, then a couple tips and tricks. Starting a GPS Survey To start a GPS survey is very simple you don't need a floorplan or a premade Ekahau file from Pro, all you need is your iPad with either a Wi-Fi connection or a dat plan and a good signal. You will not need a data plan or Wi-Fi connection to perform the survey, only needed for initial setup of the survey. To begin you create a new project in the Survey app on your iPad then select...