OctoBox software 2.0 is a new version of the web user interface (UI) that controls octoBox testbeds. The innovative octoBox software 2.0 brings important productivity updates that will reduce the time needed for testing. A new dashboard mode allows engineers to create test scenarios more easily, while better data visualization and plots make the results […]
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Test suite brings Broadband Forum standard to Wi-Fi router testing
A new test suite handles the TR-398 Issue 2 Wi-Fi router performance test standard from the Broadband Forum. Customer care calls and truck rolls associated with Wi-Fi are a big pain point for service providers. They are looking for testing solutions that help them quantify the performance of a Wi-Fi router prior to releasing it […]
Software console helps automate wireless testbed tasks
The scriptMachine is a console for controlling one or more octoBox testbeds. The scriptMachine also includes a development environment for test automation and runs scripts supplied by octoScope or third parties. New Wi-Fi functionality, such as mesh, roaming, steering and load balancing, require automation of complex test sequences. Similarly, new Wi-Fi industry testing standards such […]
Wi-Fi tester expands to cover 6 GHz
As Wi-Fi 6E products come to market, they need testing. The Pal-6E from octoScope lets you test performance at these new frequencies.
Wireless testbeds support new WiFi 6E standard
The Pal-6E wireless personal testbeds now support Wi-Fi 6E. A massive portion of new spectrum is made available by regulators around the world for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed uses. A total of 1,200 MHz in the new 6-GHz band increases the number of 80 MHz channels available for Wi-Fi from six to twenty resulting in […]
Laptop-based instrument records wireless environment and motion for playback in testbeds
Tracker is a Wi-Fi test solution that enables recording of an environment such as a house for playback in the octoBox personal testbed. Mesh Wi-Fi deployments with multiple access points, either in the home or in the office have unique challenges related to motion that require optimization. To operate well, it is important that Wi-Fi […]
Wi-Fi tester takes to the field
Sniff and troubleshoot all versions of Wi-Fi on a PC and FieldPal from octoScope.
Test instrument enables Wi-Fi testing, OFDMA wireless packet capture in the field
The fieldPal is a precision Wi-Fi test instrument that enables Wi-Fi testing and OFDMA wireless packet capture in the field. To test performance of the new wireless technologies and applications, engineers use controlled laboratory testbeds like the octoBox in combination with field testing. New types of test tools are needed that allow testing in the […]
Testbed automates Wi-Fi 6 testing of access point and station devices
The new STACK-WFA testbed for automated Wi-Fi 6 testing of access point (AP) and station (STA) devices comes pre-configured with built-in AP and STA devices for testing Wi-Fi 6 features. Servers, such as RADIUS, needed for feature testing are included with the testbed. Thus, the testbed is turnkey and usable out of the box. “Wi-Fi […]
