NETSCOUT OneTouch AT G2 Network Tester v5 firmware

NETSCOUT has announced enhancements to its OneTouch AT G2 Network Tester with Wi-Fi features. The v5 firmware release gives the OneTouch AT powerful troubleshooting capabilities, letting technicians and network engineers quickly and easily validate the performance of high-capacity Wi-Fi networks where numerous access points are required. The firmware also lets users pinpoint the physical location of interfering sources.

The network tester offers both wired and wireless troubleshooting and can now distinguish between 802.11 and non-802.11 signal sources in each channel. Non-802.11 is a silent killer of bandwidth that causes serious, intermittent, slow Wi-Fi performance. The product can detect and classify the type of non-802.11 interferer, such as Bluetooth, microwave or other sources in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, letting field technicians isolate the cause and work to mitigate the issue.

It comes with free access to the Link-Live Cloud Service, a centralised management, collaboration and archival workspace for network connectivity test results. Link-Live provides an easy-to-use dashboard for better collaboration, reporting and results management.