XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   UPDATE:   
      
   While these devices all come with debugging tools, it's useful to let users   
   know that on Android (but unfortunately not on iOS), there are modern   
   powerful debugging tools that help you debug your WiFi signals:   
      
      
   For example, I just snapped these screenshots of one app in use today:   
      
      
   If you know of any iOS apps that do the same, please let me know:   
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   As it would be nice on the larger iPad screen if such iOS tools existed.   
      
      
   These Android free ad-free tools are useful to test temporary bridges:   
      
      
   With and without the horns attached to the high-gain antennas:   
      
      
   Where it's your choice whether to use the horn alone or in combination with   
   the antenna, which turns the omni horn into a narrow beam WiFi extender:   
      
      
   Which, depending on various factors could be miles of point-to-point range:   
      
   (where, as Johann Beretta noted, that screenshot is with AirMax enabled)   
      
   Modern WiFi debugging apps are useful when you set up APs at home, where,   
   for example, you can instantly convert a dumb switch to a WiFi AP & then   
   test with your Android phone how strong the signal is around the house:   
      
      
   Or, if you have a spare old router, debug the extension of its range:   
      
   Given that laptops are notoriously anemic when it comes to WiFi range.   
      
   You can also debug when you add bridge a desktop without WiFi to WiFi   
      
      
   And you can see the difference in range on your phone, when you have both:   
      
      
   Yes, there are already UNIX-like tools inherent in the router software:   
      
      
   But they only work for an individual transceiver (radio & router):   
      
      
   And, they're different software for each transceiver brand:   
      
      
   Where, unfortunately, iOS just doesn't have this modern app functionality:   
       
      
   In summary, when you set up these devices, your Android phone instantly   
   becomes a very useful modern WiFi testing tool, where if you know of any   
   iOS app functionality on the Apple App Store that does the same thing,   
   please let me know as I've looked in vain for years on end for such modern   
   app functionality to exist on my much larger screen iPads.   
      
      
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