Capturing involves multiple manual steps- Almost zero instrumentation during the capture
- No idea what frames you captured
- You have to scroll massive lists of packets to find events
- Packet exchanges are hard to filter down to and read
- Process is too complicated for a junior tech on site
- Capturing roaming events is a nightmare
- Multi-channel setups are complicated
The primary design goal of the MetaGeek App was to create a "what you see is what you get" packet capture that made it easy and obvious to the user that the desired event was captured, and then be able to export a small pcap file for deeper analysis in other tools like Eye P.A., Wireshark, or OmniPeek.
MetaGeek App performs real-time packet analysis, leveraging beautiful visualizations to remove mental obstacles and promote understanding of technical issues, so the user can resolve network problems. It focuses on real-time 802.11 frame analysis, and can use a Wi-Spy for spectrum analysis to give the user a complete look at their wireless landscape. When paired with the WLAN Pi Go or Oscium Nomad, MetaGeek App is fully capable of parsing Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) protocol in the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands.
The MetaGeek App is:
- WYSIWYG Packet Capture
- Automatic Adapter Channel Management
- Packet Event Detection
- Packet Flow Visualization
- Contextual Packet Decode
- Fast and simple PCAP exporting
Current packet capture tools require the user to manually select a channel, and give virtually no feedback on what is being captured. MetaGeek App naturally guides the user to the correct channel, AP, or client, and shows the engineer live packet analytics as packets are captured, giving them complete confidence that they’ve captured the issue and relevant data.
Current packet analysis tools do little if anything to identify events. Instead of forcing the user to scroll through thousands of packets, MetaGeek App will automatically identify and chronologically locate packet events. Once the engineer sees that an event has occurred, the capture can effortlessly be exported to Eye P.A., which shows shortcuts to events on a similar timeline for instant navigation.
Compatible hardware (sold separately):
- Oscium Nomad - Wi-Fi 7 Packet Capture Adapter with 4 radios (packet analysis)
- WLAN Pi Go - Wi-Fi 7 Packet Capture Adapter (packet analysis)
- Edimax EW - 7833UAC Wi-Fi Adapter (packet analysis)
- Wi-Spy Lucid - tri-band Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer (spectrum analysis)
- Wi-Spy DBx - dual band Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer (spectrum analysis)
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