CTS 188: MetaGeek @ Mobility Field Day 4

Metageek is back! It’s been awhile since we’ve heard of Metageek at any Tech Field Day events. It was very nice and refreshing to hear from them and hear them present what they have been working on. If you want to catch back with the presentations and watch them, here are the links you need: * MetaGeek Light as Air: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6218644/video/354064768* MetaGeek Integrated App that Remember and Share: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6218644/video/354065251* MetaGeek Client Traffic Analysis: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6218644/video/354066229 For more insights from the other delegates, please read the following articles: * Metageek Plus Pro and Rampart by Jake Snyder: https://todsfromds.com/2019/09/03/metageek-plus-pro-and-rampart/* I Spy a Wi-Spy: https://thewlan.com.au/2019/09/03/i-spy-a-wi-spy/ You can also read the blog post written by Adam from Metageek where he talks about his experience at Mobility Field Day: http://blog.metageek.net/2019/08/rampart-client-traffic-analytics-and-air-viewer-new-awesomeness-brewin-metageek-for-mfd4/ Presenters from Metageek: * Ryan Woodings – Chief Product Officer (@RyanWoodings)* Adam Miedema – Product Manager (@ARMiedema) Improving the User Experience They talked to a lot of customers and found out that customers didn’t like to always have to take their “big” laptop out to be able to use their applications. So they started to see how they could leverage mobile devices. A new product came out of this: the Wi-Spy Air. This device can be connected to a mobile device (iOS, Android) and collect Wi-Fi information. They actually working on a new application called Air Viewer. It is a Wi-Fi scanner that discover Wi-Fi networks (similar to InSSIDer but for mobile device). Advanced features: * You can select the channels you want to scan. * Client details* Client Roaming events* Channel health including spectrum data* Context based scanning However, this is not new! The Wi-Spy have been released back in February. Now, let’s talk about the new stuff 🙂 Rempart Metageek started their presentation talking about their current line of product and stating that each application is currently working in its own silo; not communicating to other applications. Here is the list of their most popular applications today: * InSSIDer* Eye P.A.* Chanalyzer* Air Viewer Lately, they have been wanting to change this and allow their customers to be able collaborate using different sources. So they are introducing a new product which allows them to break the silos and bring everything together. This product is a cloud-based product called Rempart. (Screenshots provided by Adam Miedema, thank you Adam!) They also wanted to add more context information to their a...