2. Wi-Fi Engineer’s Toolkit Reinvented
Ben Hasselblatt
Head of Sales, EMEA
Ekahau

3. Wi-Fi Toolkit Progression
2010?
2014
2016
2017
Future?

4. Typical Wi-Fi Engineer Toolkit
Laptop
Multiple USB Wi-Fi Adapters
USB Hub mounts
Cables
Spectrum Analyzer
USB Hub

5. Multiple Adapter Challenges
How do you connect them?
How do you power them?
Limited number of USB ports

6. Battery Life Challenges
Less battery life + less survey time = lost productivity

7. Noise challenges USB 3.0 hubs cause noise in 2.4 GHz
Internal Bluetooth radio

8. Custom Driver Challenges
Windows version compatibility issues
macOS driver support

9. What's next?

10. What's next?

11. ✓
What's next?
Ekahau Sidekick™

12. Reinvented Wi-Fi Engineer’s Toolkit
Tablet or Laptop Device
Light weight
Touch screen
Good battery life
Ekahau Sidekick™
Battery powered
Built-in spectrum analyzer
Single cable connection

13. Ekahau Sidekick™
The industries first custom-built wearable Wi-Fi survey device
Capable of measuring Wi-Fi signal strength, noise, co-channel interference, network configuration information, and comprehensive spectrum analysis

14. Measurement Powerhouse
Spectrum Analyzer
Lightning-fast
Ultra-high resolution
Simultaneous 2.4 & 5GHz analysis
Wi-Fi Survey Adapters
Two enterprise-grade ac adapters

15. Battery Powered
Provides over 8 hours of battery life for continuous surveying
Does not drain laptop battery

16. Simple To Use Step 1: Wear it Step 2: Power it on Step 3: Walk with it
Step 4: Analyze it

17. Questions? ben@ekahau.com
Demo of the spectrum analyzer capabilities.
Competing products: 1-2 sweeps per second on either 2.4 or 5 GHz.
Sidekick: 25 sweeps per second on _both_ 2.4 and 5GHz

18. Learn more
sidekick.ekahau.com