Mapping WiFi signals with Unifi and WiFiman
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Mapping WiFi signals with Unifi and WiFiman
I am up to 15 Unifi access points now on the farm. That is a lot. However, I use the network more and more for various projects and devices, and that includes outside use to a large extent too. At times the signal drops out, gets weak, behaves weirdly or in some way throws me off. I have been using all sorts of (broken) tricks to figure out where the coverage was good and not so good. I even made a video about using the Unifi Design Center, which is a great tool for a building or other defined space. However, it was very limited for outside use.
Based on a tweet by my mate Troy, I learnt about the augmented reality signal mapping feature in Unifi’s WiFiman, which creates a heat map of your Wifi signal strength as you move around.
Check out the latest version of @Ubiquiti’s Wifiman Signal Mapper with AR using the LiDAR on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. This is *insane* the way it maps out signal strength around the house. Mind. Blown.
pic.twitter.com/oeUGk31NXg
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) January 18, 2022
That gave me the idea to use it outdoors for my farm and figure out where my blackspots are. If you are using the Unifi products and have a UDM/UDM-Pro/UDR/UDM-SE on your network and you have enabled the WiFiman feature, you can also use it. So I made a video about how it all works. Enjoy 
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