This document will explain the meaning of each table column in the “Scanner” tab of the WLAN Controller. The “Scanner” tab contains devices that have been detected by the WLAN Controller Clients. These columns are “Station Name”, “SSID”, “BSSID”, “Class Type”, “RSSI”, “Authentication”, “Network Type”, “Encryption”, “Channel”, “Last Seen”, “Radio”, and “Distance.”

Station Name

The first column “Station Name” will give the MAC address of the device by default, but this can be changed by going to active devices and changing the name of the device.

SSID

The “SSID” (Service Set Identifier) is the name of the device picked up by WLAN Controller. This name is given to the device by the user, in order to distinguish the device easily.

BSSID

THE “BSSID” (Basic Service Set Identifier) is the MAC address or the unique address that identifies the SSID device.

Class Type

The next column “Class Type” will give the type of class that the device is. This “Class Type” is assigned by the user in the “Scanner” Tab. (see WLAN Controller Documentation – advanced filtering)

RSSI

The “RSSI” (Received Signal Strength Indication) is the Signal Strength received from the Device. This indicates you how good of a signal you are getting from the Station to the Device.

Authentication

The “Authentication” Column tells the user, which type of Authentication the device is using to connect to the station. The current types of Authentication are “WPA2 – Personal”, “WPA2 – Enterprise”, “WPA – Personal”, “WPA – Enterprise”, “WEP”, and “Open”. WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access II) is the most secure Authentication used to date and Open is the least secure, and doesn’t even require an authentication key.

Network Type

The “Network Type” Column tells the user, which type of “Network Type” the device is using to communicate with the station. The options for “Network Type” are “Infrastructure”, which is an access point that has access to the internet directly, and “Ad- Hoc”, which is a peer – to – peer access.

Encryption

The “Encryption” column tells the user, which type of encryption is being used between the station and the device. The options for encryption are “CCMP”, “TKIP”, “WEP”, and “NONE”.

Channel

The “Channel” column shows the user which channel the devices are communicating on.

Last Seen

The “Last Seen” Column shows the Time and Date Stamp of the last time that the device was active and was seen by the station. This data is formatted to show the date first and then the time.

Radio

The “Radio” column shows which frequency or band of wireless signal the device is using to communicate with the station.

Distance

The “Distance” column shows how far away the device is from the station in meters. This is an excellent gauge of measurement for when you may want to add other access points or devices to your network.

That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

This document will explain the meaning of each table column in the “Active Devices” tab of the WLAN Controller. The “Active Device” tab contains devices that have been activated and are running a WLAN Controller Client. These columns are “Device Name”, “Class Type”, “Version #”, “Operating System”, “Access Point”, “Wireless Scanner”, “Wired Scanner”, “# Associated Stations”, “Last Command”, “Last Command Status”, “Access Point Status”, “Details”, and “Deactivate.”

The “Active Devices” tab contains text boxes that allow you to make changes to certain settings for the device configuration. In the top left hand corner of the tab, are the text boxes for the user to input data about the device that they would like to configure. The user can select a device from the list of devices and then alter the settings in the text boxes and then select “Save Configuration”, in order to finalize the changes. These options include the “Device Name”, which is set to the MAC address of the device by default but can be altered by the user quite easily, the “Access Point SSID” and “Access Point Key” can also be configured if the device is capable of serving as an Access Point, and the last editable text boxes are the Latitude and Longitude, which can allow the user to manually input the Latitude and Longitude of the device.

Device Name

The first column “Device Name” will give the MAC address of the device unless the device has been renamed by the user.

Class Type

The next column “Class Type” will give the type of class that the device is. This “Class Type” is assigned by the user in the “Scanner” Tab. (see WLAN Controller Documentation – advanced filtering)

Version #

This column lists the Version of the WLAN Controller Client that the Device is running.

Operating System

The next column “Operating System” will display the operating system that the Device is running.

Access Point

This is a check box that will have a check mark in it when it is selected and will be empty when it is not selected. This check box is only enabled for Mac OS X devices and Windows 7 devices. However if you do not want your Mac OS X or Windows 7 device to be an access point, just simply click the box to “uncheck” this feature.

Wireless Scanner

This is a check box for the “Wireless Scanner” feature. It will have a check mark in it when it is selected and will be empty when it is not selected.

Wired Scanner

This is a check box for the “Wired Scanner” feature. It will have a check mark in it when it is selected and will be empty when it is not selected.

Associated Stations

The “# Associated Stations” column displays the number of stations that are currently connected to the device.

Last Command

The “Last Command” column displays the last type of action that was done by the device. This column will display only the last action done by the device and this is usually signified with either “wiredscan” or “WirelesScan”.

Last Command Status

The next column “Last Command Status” will give the status of the command in the “Last Command” column. This shows the state in the process that the “Last Command” is in.

Access Point Status

The next column “Access Point Status” displays whether the access point is “Running” or “Stopped”. This gives the user information on whether the device can currently be used as an access point or not.

Details

The last column “Details” will give the user any important information pertaining to the device.

Deactivate

The “Deactivate” Column allows the user to deactivate a device, this will disable the device from being an active device and will be transferred to the “Available Devices” tab, where it can then be found and activated again.

That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

This document will explain the meaning of each table column in the “Available Devices” tab of the WLAN Controller. The “Available Device” tab contains devices that have been activated and are running a WLAN Controller Client. These columns are “Device Name”, “Class Type”, “Version #”, “Operating System”, “Access Point”, “Wireless Scanner”, “Wired Scanner”, “Email Scan Results”, “Version #”, “Access Point SSID”, “Access Point Key”, Latitude”, “Longitude”, and “Delete.”

Device Name

The first column “Device Name” will give the MAC address of the device unless the device has been renamed by the user.

Class Type

The next column “Class Type” will give the type of class that the device is. This “Class Type” is assigned by the user in the “Scanner” Tab. (see WLAN Controller Documentation – advanced filtering)

Operating System

The next column “Operating System” will display the operating system that the Device is running.

Access Point

This is a check box that will have a check mark in it when it is selected and will be empty when it is not selected. This check box is only enabled for Mac OS X devices and Windows 7 devices. However if you do not want your Mac OS X or Windows 7 device to be an access point, just simply click the box to “uncheck” this feature.

Wireless Scanner

This is a check box for the “Wireless Scanner” feature. It will have a check mark in it when it is selected and will be empty when it is not selected.

Wired Scanner

This is a check box for the “Wired Scanner” feature. It will have a check mark in it when it is selected and will be empty when it is not selected.

Email Scan Results

This is a check box for the “Email Scan Results” feature. This feature allows you to receive emails based on the scan results. It will have a check mark in it when it is selected and will be empty when it is not selected.

Version #

This column lists the Version of the WLAN Controller Client that the Device is running.

Access Point SSID

This column lists the SSID of the access point that the device is connected to.

Access Point Key

This column lists the “Access Point Key” For the device, so that devices can connect to the device that is set up as an access point. This data will only be available for those devices that can be set up as access points.

Latitude

This column lists the GPS Latitude of the device.

Longitude

This column lists the GPS Longitude of the device.

Delete

The “Delete” Column is for the user to delete a certain device from the list of Available Devices.

That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

Note: Prior to using these programs make sure that both devices are connected to the same access point and that the access point allows client-to-client broadcast message communications.

WiFi Scanner 1.4 has been released on the Mac OS X App Store. The WiFi Scanner 1.4 has a “Listener” feature, which allows the WiFi Scanner 1.4 to “listen” to signals that are sent from a device running Sensor Pro iOS app. Sensor Pro is currently available on the App Store for iOS devices. These two devices work synchronously together, with the iOS mobile device, sending data to the WiFi Scanner 1.4 for every GPS update on the iOS device.

This tutorial will help explain how to set up WiFi Scanner and Sensor Pro to work together.

First, open up WiFi Scanner 1.4 and select the “Listener” Tab.

Then select the “Browse” button, in order to select a folder where you would like to save the log.

After you select a folder for your Log file to be saved, go over to your iOS device and open Sensor Pro.

Go to your “Settings” tab in Sensor Pro and make sure that at the very least that the “GPS” is switched on. The other options can be on as well, but the data is transmitted to the WiFi Scanner through the GPS.

Scroll down the settings and make sure that the UDP Broadcast is turned on and that the “Broadcast Port” matches the “Listener Port” on the WiFi Scanner

Then you can go back to the “Record” Section in Sensor Pro.

Now we have to go back to the WiFi Scanner 1.4 and tell the scanner to start listening for signals from the Sensor Pro

Now go back to Sensor Pro and click the “Start” button and you will start seeing the information from the Sensor Pro being sent and logged in the WiFi Scanner.

The data for the WiFi Scanner is displayed as such: Date, Time, MAC Address, SSID of router, Signal Strength, Latitude, Longitude.

This is how you run WiFi Scanner 1.4 and Sensor Pro in order to use the mobile iOS devices as the broadcaster and the Mac OS X machine as the Listener for GPS data.

That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

This segment of the WLAN Controller Documentation will provide guidance for the “Default Configuration” Tab under the “Configuration” Tab.
Select the Configuration tab from the WLAN Controller Menu Bar.

Then, Select the Default Configuration tab.

From this menu, the user can change the Default SSID for WLAN Controller, as well as the Default Key (minimum of 8 characters) and then the user can select “Update Default Device Configuration” and this action will change the SSID and Key for WLAN controller.

That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

This portion of the WLAN Controller documentation will describe how the hierarchy works in the “Topology” tab. Hierarchy will allow you to organize your devices by user determined categories and sub categories. Use of this hierarchy feature will help layout the devices in a clean and orderly fashion, and also allow the user to conveniently view devices based on certain characteristics.

In the “Topology” Tab, select the “Hierarchy” Tab in order to view and change hierarchy settings.

Under “Hierarchy” a folder with the users profile ID will be present along with the devices that belong to that profile ID.

In order to add sub-groups, simply right-click the profile ID and select “Add New Sub Group”

This will prompt you with a menu box to choose what you would like to name the new group.

After you have added all the sub groups that you would like, you can select the “+” button next to the profile ID to view all of the available groups. These groups can also have sub groups and they are done the same way, by right-clicking the group you want to file under and then selecting “Add New Sub Group.” Groups can also be renamed or deleted by right-clicking the group name and selecting “Rename Group” or “Delete Group”, respectively.

In order to effectively use this hierarchy classification, then devices must be able to be added to the groups in order to have an organized topology for your devices. This can be done by selecting the profile ID in this case “48VA6H”, holding the “tab” button on the keyboard and double clicking. This will produce a list on the right hand side of all the available devices for the user to organize in the topology.

Now in order to organize these devices by group, select one of the devices, click and hold, and then drag it to the folder which you would like to associate the device with.

This will add the device which was dragged, to the folder “Floor 3” and now when you select that folder, only the devices that are associated with that folder in the topology will be presented on the right side table.

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That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

This document will explain the meaning of each table column in the “Access Point” tab of the WLAN Controller. The “Access Point” tab contains devices that have been configured to act as access points and contains nine columns to display data about each access point. These columns are “Device Name”, “Class Type”, “Version #”, “Operating System”, “# Associated Stations”, “Last Command”, “Last Command Status”, “Access Point Status”, and “Details.”

Device Name

The first column “Device Name” will give the MAC address of the device unless the device has been renamed by the user. This column also gives the time and date that the device was last seen, so the user can see when the device was last accessed.

Class Type

The next column “Class Type” will give the type of class that the device is. This “Class Type” is assigned by the user in the “Scanner” Tab. (see WLAN Controller Documentation – advanced filtering)

The next column “Version #” will display the version of WLAN Controller that each configured access point is running on the respective machines.

The next column “Operating System” will display the operating system that the access point is running. (Currently only Windows 7 and Mac OS X are supported to act as access points)

The next column “# Associated Stations” displays the number of devices that are currently connected to the access point.

The next column “Last Command” displays the last type of action that was done by the access point. This column will display only the last action done by the access point and this is usually signified with either “wiredscan” or “WirelesScan”.

The next column “Last Command Status” will give the status of the command in the “Last Command” column. This shows the state in the process that the “Last Command” is in.

The next column “Access Point Status” displays whether the access point is “Running” or “Stopped”. This gives the user information on whether the device can currently be used as an access point or not.

The last column “Details” will give the user any important information pertaining to the access point.

That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

This document will explain the “Dashboard” Tab of the WLAN Controller. The Dashboard is the first screen that the user sees after logging into the WLAN Controller. The Dashboard contains four graphs which display useful information in a graphically aesthetic manner. The four graphs (starting from top left to right) are “Detailed Analysis of Active Vs. Inactive Devices”, “Devices by Class Type”, “Detailed Analysis of Client Version Vs. OS Type”, and “Devices Status Summary (Online VS Offline).”

Detailed Analysis of Active vs Inactive Devices

The “Detailed Analysis of Active vs Inactive Devices” graph shows the active devices which are online and offline, it shows the inactive devices. Then the graph breaks down the devices even further into active and inactive APs and whether or not they are online or offline. The final third of the graph shows the active (online and offline) sensors as well as the inactive sensors.

Devices by Class Type

The “Devices by Class Type” graph shows type of device that the user has selected the device to represent. These are altered in the “Active Devices” tab and/or the “Available Devices” tab. The Pie chart will display these different class types with different colors along with the device type and number of devices with that device type.

Detailed Analysis of Client Version VS OS Type

The “Detailed Analysis of Client Version VS OS Type” Graph is a representation of all the different versions of WLAN Controller and the associated operating system that is running the respective versions. The different versions of WLAN Controller available will have a compounded bar graph with different colors in order to separate the statistics of each operating system that runs that specific version.

Devices Status Summary (Online VS Offline)

The final graph in the “Dashboard” Tab is the “Devices Status Summary (Online VS Offline)” graph. This is a summary of all the devices that are online and all the devices that are offline. The online devices are denoted with a green color whereas offline devices are denoted with a red color.

That concludes our tutorial, if you have any further questions, feel free to send us a message at support@accessagility.com .

WLANController is an 802.11 wireless scanner that can be remotely managed. The tool reports signal strength in dBm and shows access point BSSID/MAC addresses. The application results are viewed via a remote manager application at http://manage.wlancontroller.com (requires an account).

WLANController can also be used a security tool for detecting unauthorized and rogue access points. The visualization features integrate with 2D mapping tools providing an estimated location of the access point detected by sensors. 

The solution has features suitable for individuals and organizations looking for an alternative to traditional hardware based WLAN and WIDS / wireless LAN security solutions.

WLANController Client Feature Support by Operating System

** Apple does not allow WiFi scanner apps on the iTunes App Store. Contact us for details regarding private distribution options.

The WLAN Controller Client will soon be available to use on your android device. The Client will be available for download soon. A brief tutorial with screen shots of the Android version of the client on a mobile device will be demonstrated. The Android version of the client is very similar to the client on the iOS platform as well as the client on the PC platform.

This is the main menu of the client when the application is started. Select the “Sign Up” Tab, if this is the first time that you are using the WLAN Controller and you do not have an account already. The “Settings” Tab is for people who have used the client before and wish to make changes to the account which they wish to log in with.

This is the “Settings” Tab where users can input their “Profile ID” and “Profile Key” in order to sign into their WLAN Controller account.

If the information entered in the “settings” portion is incorrect, then this screen will show up, telling you that they information entered was invalid.

This is the menu that shows up when you are connected to WLAN Controller Client. Once you see this menu, then you have successfully logged into the client on your Android Decide.

This is the Android Client Release information. Current version, build, and copyright information.

Thank you for reading this post, and stay tuned for the WLAN Controller Android Client App Coming Soon!