Xirrus has launched advanced RF Analysis Manager (RAM) for testing and troubleshooting of 802.11n wireless networks. It equips each Xirrus Wi-Fi Array with a set of tools and features to optimally tune and verify an 802.11n installation and provides ability to troubleshoot issues that may occur within the wireless environment.
Xirrus said that the distributed architecture of its Wi-Fi Array enables the execution of wireless and networking analysis at the edge of the network where packets traverse the wireless to wired boundary. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array includes an embedded Wi-Fi controller with computing and memory resources to provide functions securely at the network’s edge.
According to Xirrus, the key elements of the Xirrus RAM include, an embedded spectrum analyzer that leverages threat sensor radio in each Wi-Fi Array to provide a continual view of utilisation, interference, and errors across all available Wi-Fi channels; and packet analysis to provide filterable views of traffic traversing on wired and wireless interfaces.
In addition, it also include performance analysis, that enables the throughput of wireless and wired interfaces; and failure recovery, which provides automatic self test and self healing mechanism for continuous system operation.
Dirk Gates, founder and CEO of Xirrus, said: “RAM is a collection of powerful tools for those users that need them. They provide the ability to troubleshoot wireless and network issues dynamically as they arise without having to deploy special purpose, expensive alternatives. Some experienced users will find these tools useful to optimize a high performance and/or high density Wi-Fi deployment.”
