Pittsburgh company NetBeez has launched version 1.5 of their network performance monitoring tool. The update includes SSID hopping, a feature highly requested by their userbase. SSID hopping allows clients to monitor multiple Wi-Fi networks using the same sensor (or agent). NetBeez sensors can now connect sequentially to up to four SSIDs, eliminating the need to install a sensor for every Wi-Fi network in an infrastructure. The sensor provides performance, authentication, and connectivity data and analysis to every network it connects to.
The SSID hopping function works by grouping networks and wireless sensors together into "hopping groups." Sensors will hop from network to network at intervals defined by the user, monitoring each one for performance. Users can group multiple sensors to a hopping group, and each sensor will monitor the same network at once. Hopping groups are configurable, allowing users to efficiently monitor different networks simultaneously.
NetBeez, founded in 2013, provides network monitoring tools that focus on Wi-Fi functionality to suit the end-user. Their program checks Wi-Fi connectivity and performance and can also monitor sensors placed at remote offices. In 2018, CRN Magazine named them an Emerging Vendor in the Networking category for the second year in a row. They also joined PGH Lab, an initiative by the city of Pittsburgh to promote and test local startups, last year.
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