I currently have Ubiquiti wireless in my house, two WAPs: U6-Pro and AC-Pro. The controller is running on a Proxmox LXC container. Everything works fine as far as I can tell. However, I stumbled across this thread, Ruckus Wireless as an Unifi alternative? and got a bad case of upgrade-itis. 
I ordered a cheap ebay Ruckus R730 on which I intend to do the R850 + Unleashed hack.
Truthfully, I did this partially for the fun of tinkering with a new toy. But a good friend is having some WiFi struggles in his house, and I'm hoping to increase my knowledge a bit and maybe see if I can improve his situation.
Anyway - rather than just throwing a new WAP in place and calling it a day, I was hoping to actually get some metrics, for a before-and-after comparison. It seems like doing a "real" WiFI planning and optimization exercise involves quite-expensive hardware and software, and/or a visit from a paid professional.
So I'm wondering if there's a poor-man's way to get some reasonable WiFi metrics? I.e., can I use the standard hardware I already have (cell phones, tablets, laptops, PCs) to obtain metrics that are useful (if imprecise)? What else should/can I measure besides throughput and latency?
I ordered a cheap ebay Ruckus R730 on which I intend to do the R850 + Unleashed hack.Truthfully, I did this partially for the fun of tinkering with a new toy. But a good friend is having some WiFi struggles in his house, and I'm hoping to increase my knowledge a bit and maybe see if I can improve his situation.
Anyway - rather than just throwing a new WAP in place and calling it a day, I was hoping to actually get some metrics, for a before-and-after comparison. It seems like doing a "real" WiFI planning and optimization exercise involves quite-expensive hardware and software, and/or a visit from a paid professional.
So I'm wondering if there's a poor-man's way to get some reasonable WiFi metrics? I.e., can I use the standard hardware I already have (cell phones, tablets, laptops, PCs) to obtain metrics that are useful (if imprecise)? What else should/can I measure besides throughput and latency?
