Strength meter : which to buy

I need a strength meter. I couldn't find a good review of any. Must be
for 802 a b g linksys router. Thanks i'm sure this question has been
asked before. One the scretary ask me to solve this problem.

On Sep 26, 1:25 pm, Drew Cutter <andr...@wcoil.com> wrote:
> I need a strength meter. I couldn't find a good review of any. Must be
> for 802 a b g linksys router. Thanks i'm sure this question has been
> asked before. One the scretary ask me to solve this problem.

Unless you have some reason that it has to be specific for a Linksys
device (and I can not think of any reason), then any monitoring device
that can monitor WiFi channels will work.

The problem any consumer equipment is that the "signal strength" is
really a measurement of the "signal to noise ratio", unless you have
an older Orinco card that actually has a signal strength output.

First choice would be the $200 Wi Spy, followed by the $400 Wi-Spy s.
4x. These are USB devices.
http://www.metageek.net/Products/Wi-Spy

Next would be several of the BV Systems products.
http://www.bvsystems.com
Prices start at around $500 not including the HP iPAQ PocketPC.

Finally you have the $10,000 - $30,000 products.