Design WLANs

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February 7, 2014 at 5:45 pm #1487

matthewm
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discover. DESIGN. survey.
Add a DESIGN mode to create predictive site surveys.
– Design WLAN networks before rolling out any APs physically
– Optimize AP count and layout for maximized coverage and performance by modeling building construction materials/obstructions and APs
February 8, 2014 at 2:29 pm #1954

Alex – NetSpot
Keymaster
Sure. Agree. On the roadmap.
April 21, 2015 at 3:11 pm #3001

USBCMIS
Participant
Has there been any movement on this? We’re completely replacing our current wireless (NetSpot was a BIG help in getting this approved), but we’d like to be able to do some predictive site planning. If it’s not in the immediate future, we’ll still be using the tool to tweak final placement. But I’d rather not pay a third-party contractor what I can do myself.
June 18, 2015 at 3:36 pm #3019

Alex – NetSpot
Keymaster
Unfortunately, we don’t have anything to show you yet. Once we have the beta, or at least something working, we will be glad to upload it to everyone. We are working on several major improvements and updates now.
June 19, 2015 at 1:16 am #3020

Quintin
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We could really use this also…
July 1, 2015 at 3:50 pm #3027

ctdawe
Participant
I’d also be very excited about this feature, although I expect that a big part of the expense of competing tools such as Ekahau come from the ongoing process of evaluating vendor equipment and modeling their behavior in such a way as to have the software project their performance for predictive site surveys. In other words, I would expect it to be costly.
July 2, 2015 at 4:51 pm #3031

Alex – NetSpot
Keymaster
Any level of prediction within software emulated WiFi coverage is theoretical, and gives only the basic idea of how the data may be flowing over the air. We are doing our best working with real equipment and modelling signal penetration capabilities to reach the most authentic results possible. But it’s still just a projection. Real-life material properties may differ substantially.
September 9, 2015 at 4:41 pm #3045

lrdfoo
Participant
Just posting that i’m waiting for this feature also!!
December 8, 2015 at 4:42 am #3130

Alex – NetSpot
Keymaster
That’s still one of our priorities.
April 1, 2016 at 6:57 pm #3472

pjc
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On October 29th you said:
Building materials will be required in NetSpot 3, that is going to support predictive surveys (the planning mode for Wi-Fi networks)
Now I see on your top-level features page:
Predictive Surveys coming soon
NetSpot will soon let you plan new networks without even visiting the designated area. Stay tuned for updates from our developers.
When is “soon”? Will this require an upgrade to NetSpot 3?
April 15, 2016 at 5:57 pm #3479

Alex – NetSpot
Keymaster
All we can say for now is that predictive surveys will be available as a major update.
August 10, 2016 at 6:58 pm #3522

jmorabito1976
Participant
What is the time frame for predictive planning to be available? This is a major need for my company.
Thank you,
October 9, 2016 at 5:37 am #3541

hsvcomputer
Participant
Any update on the “coming soon” status of predictive surveys?
January 2, 2017 at 6:32 pm #3769

Alex – NetSpot
Keymaster
We are shooting for 2017 to release a version with new predictive planning mode. We realize the importance, and are trying to streamline our development force in a proper direction.
August 15, 2017 at 11:49 pm #4060

hsvcomputer
Participant
Any updates?
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