Heat Mapping

What Is a Wi-Fi Heat Map?

A Wi-Fi heat map lets you view the coverage of your network and Wi-Fi  access points. This can help you understand which specific areas lack  coverage and which have strong and dependable signal strength available  to them. Several factors can interfere with signal. This could be the  presence of physical objects, like walls, or non-physical objects like  wireless devices emitting frequencies on the same wavelength.

The most common issues interfering with your Wi-Fi signal strength  include walls, doors, furniture, ceilings, drywall, wireless radios,  microwaves, and neighboring Wi-Fi networks. Such interference can cause  speed problems, dropouts, and entire dead zones. A Wi-Fi heat map is a  simple solution to this problem, giving you visibility of your wireless  coverage, including where your signal is strongest and where it’s  weakest.

A Wi-Fi heat map can help you do the following:

• Identify Wi-Fi dead zones
• Eradicate slow Wi-Fi speeds
• Take the guesswork out of setting up a wireless network
• Give you access to reports and images which you can hand over to upper management
• Automate Wi-Fi network evaluations