A highly scalable monitoring tool for Wi-Fi networks

Author

Machaka, Pheeha ; Bagula, Antoine ; De Wet, Nico

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

fYear

2012

fDate

20-21 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

107

Abstract

The paper introduces a monitoring tool that was designed for an existing network of Wi-Fi hotspots. This was done by adding data collection and visualization components to the existing network. Syslog protocol was used for data collection and left running for two months monitoring network´s performance. Google Maps was used for Visualizing overall network´s performance. The tool was tested with experts and it was compared to existing monitoring tools and It was found that the monitoring tool was more scalable and effective than traditional monitoring tools.

Keywords

data communication; monitoring; protocols; wireless LAN; Google Maps; Syslog protocol; Wi-Fi hotspots; Wi-Fi networks; data collection; highly scalable monitoring tool; monitoring tools; network performance; visualization components; wireless fidelity; Data visualization; Google; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Management; Measurement; Middleware; Performance Monitoring; Service Level Agreement; Visualization; Wi-Fi Networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Systems (IDAACS-SWS), 2012 IEEE 1st International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Offenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4678-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IDAACS-SWS.2012.6377643

Filename

6377643