TamoGraph Site Survey FAQ

Q. My card is not on your list of supported hardware. What are my options?
Q. Can TamoGraph correctly detect and display 802.11n access points if I perform a site survey using a 802.11g adapter?
Q. Can I use multiple adapters with TamoGraph to make the scanning process faster?

Q. My card is not on your list of supported hardware. What are my options?
A. Our hardware compatibility list includes only those cards that we've tested ourselves in our test lab. There are other cards that may be compatible with TamoGraph. The best way to find out if your card is compatible is downloading our Adapter Test Utility and running it on your computer. If a compatible adapter is installed, the utility will display its name. Please note that:

Some adapters are compatible only if you use Windows Vista or Windows 7. An adapter may not be compatible if you test it under Windows XP, but the same adapter may be compatible if you test it under Windows Vista or 7.
Before running our test utility, make sure that you use the latest driver supplied by your computer or adapter vendor. Visit their Web site to download and install the latest driver version. This is important, because the results of the test depend on the driver that you use. The newer the driver, the better the chances that it will work with TamoGraph.

Finally, you may want to buy a compatible card, as they are not terribly expensive these days.

Q. Can TamoGraph correctly detect and display 802.11n access points if I perform a site survey using a 802.11g adapter?
A. Yes, it can. The same applies to detecting 802.11an access points if you use a 802.11a adapter.

Q. Can I use multiple adapters with TamoGraph to make the scanning process faster?
A. Yes, TamoGraph can capture data from multiple channels simultaneously if you use multiple compatible USB adapters. This shortens the time needed to collect data from the channels being scanned as you move along the survey path, and, therefore, improves the data quality. For example, with the default 250 ms per channel interval, it takes 5 seconds to sweep through 20 channels if you use only one adapter. If you use three adapters, the same amount of data will be collected in less than 2 seconds. The following USB adapters can be used for multi-channel capturing: D-Link DWA-160 v.A1 and v.A2, NETGEAR WN111 v2, NETGEAR WNDA3100 v1, Proxim ORiNOCO 8494, SMC Networks SMCWUSB-N2, TP-Link TL-WN821N v1 and v2, TP-Link TL-WN822N, Ubiquiti SR71-USB, and CACE Technologies AirPcap Ex or NX. Note that different types of adapters cannot be mixed; all of the adapters should be of the same model. You should also install the same driver for all of the adapters.