Wi-Spy: 2.4Ghz Spectrum Analyzer for PC

August 21, 2006 in Technology by jc | No comments

Metageek has a nice product, Wi Spy, a combination of an USB dongle and a Windows Software that let you analyze frequencies around 2.4 Ghz :

Wi-Spy™ is the world’s smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer*. Wi-Spy is perfect for troubleshooting interference from the following devices:

Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)

Microwave Ovens

Cordless Phones

Zigbee

Bluetooth

Wi-Spy is priced at $99. It’s been reviewed Tom’s networking here.

Some open source tools are available for Linux and OSX supporting the Wi-Spy hardware:

Wispy-Raw – A basic dumper from the USB interface to stdout, without RSSI to dBm conversion.

Wispy-Curses – A simple libcurses text-based graphing tool.

Wispy-GTK – A full GTK grapher, similar to the windows graphing tool