Wyebot Shows Evolution at Mobility Field Day 10

Back in 1597, Kevin Bacon said “knowledge is power” before he rebelliously danced his way all over 16th century London, or at least I think that’s how it went. Consider this: if Scott McDermott had knowledge that the hotel’s fish and chips were going to be sub-par at Mobility Field Day 10 I wouldn’t have had to watch him drool while he eyeballed my chicken and waffles (which by contrast to the fish were very good). Knowledge is indeed power.

Wyebot is in the knowledge business. They are in the INTELLIGENCE business. And good intel makes all the difference, I tellya.

(I’ll thank you not to pass judgement on my Wi-Fi Client Distribution pie chart there.)

Anil Gupta of Wyebot presented at Mobility Field Day 10 but I have a longer familiarity with the company. I also heard their pitch back at Mobility Field Day 8, and have been testing their sensors on and off for quite a while. I can say without hesitation that it is one of the better performance-monitoring sensors you can add to ANY WLAN environment out of the many I have tried.

First and foremost- less false-alarms are a good thing. Generally you can trust what Wyebot tells you about active problems and trends, where as that hasn’t always been the case for me with competing products. Also, Wyebot has robust packet-capture capabilities, including letting you get the entire packet if you so choose, versus just the header as is common with Wi-Fi testing tools. Plus the UI is quite intuitive, with ease of use being prioritized over dazzling you with a mishmash of hard-to digest stuff, as is frequently the case with monitoring modules built in to WLAN access solutions.

Wyebot is all about dedicated radios whose sole purpose is to monitor the health and performance of your Wi-Fi environment. That means focusing on excellence in that role. Here’s a taste of what has been good to date about the solution if you aren’t familiar:

There’s a lot to appreciate here when wireless performance assurance is the goal. But Anil and his team at Wyebot have added a slew of enhancements to the platform, which is why reviewing the MFD10 session is a must for anyone contemplating the challenge of knowing what is really gong on with your WLAN.

One example from many fresh features- a new battery of voice-oriented testing:

But there is soooooo much more. Watch the video– you’ll be be glad you did because you’ll learn how Wyebot can be a 24/7 force multiplier. Every remote site would benefit from Wyebot and it’s rich suite of customizable tests even if you decided the big corporate WLAN can go without, and the presentation of the important resultant data is made effective in it’s simplicity. That’s no easy feat.

Yes, Wyebot is an overlay. But it’s a good one, and it’s far and away better than many native tools that come as part of a number of the newer WLAN systems. Maybe it can’t help Scott to avoid mediocre fish, but it can help you deliver a better WLAN experience- leaving more time to enjoy the chicken and waffles.