AirMagnet was a

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wave ...

''wireless network assurance'' company based in

Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale () is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California. Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real and Highway 101 and is bordered by portions of San Jose to the nort ...

. The firm was founded in 2001 by Dean T. Au, Chia-Chee Kuan and Miles Wu and shipped its first WLAN analyzer product in 2002. In August 2006, the company shipped the Vo-Fi Analyzer, the first voice-over-Wi-Fi analyzer that could be used on encrypted

VoWLAN Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN), also Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi), is the use of a wireless broadband network according to the IEEE 802.11 standards for the purpose of vocal conversation. In essence, it is Voice over IP (VoIP) over a Wi-Fi netwo ...

networks. It was backed by

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...

firms such as Intel Capital, Acer Technology Ventures and VenGlobal. The company manufactured and sold a suite of

wireless site survey A wireless site survey, sometimes called an RF (Radio Frequency) site survey or wireless survey, is the process of planning and designing a wireless network, to provide a wireless solution that will deliver the required wireless coverage, data rate ...

tools,

laptop A laptop, laptop computer, or notebook computer is a small, portable personal computer (PC) with a screen and alphanumeric keyboard. Laptops typically have a clam shell form factor with the screen mounted on the inside of the upper li ...

analyzers, spectrum analyzers, handheld analyzers, network management and

troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes on a machine or a system. It is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem in order to solve it, and make the product or process ope ...

solutions (including

wireless access point In computer networking, a wireless access point (WAP), or more generally just access point (AP), is a networking hardware device that allows other Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired network. As a standalone device, the AP may have a wired co ...

management via LWAPP), as well as wireless intrusion detection systems ( WIDS) and wireless intrusion prevention systems ( WIPS) products and VoWLAN instruments. In August 2009,

Fluke Networks Fluke Corporation is a manufacturer of industrial test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment including electronic test equipment. It was started in 1948 by John Fluke while he was employed at General Electric. History Fluke Corporation was ...

acquired AirMagnet. which later became part of

NetScout NetScout Systems, Inc. (stylized as NETSCOUT) is a provider of application performance management and network performance management products located in Westford, Massachusetts. In July 2015, NetScout acquired the communications business of Dan ...

. On September 14, 2018

divests Handheld network testing (HNT) tools business to a private equity firm StoneCalibre. This transaction includes AirMagnet Mobile solutions. AirMagnet Enterprise product line of WIPS monitoring solutions was retained NetScout. August 14, 2019 StoneCalibre launched acquired HNT products as a new company NetAlly.

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External links

Fluke Networks Completes Acquisition of AirMagnet

Fluke Networks wireless products

"AirMagnet Rolls Out Voice-Over-Wi-Fi Analysis Tool" May 2006 article in Information Week Magazine

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070119005614/http://www.networkcomputing.com/blog/dailyblog/archives/2006/03/wireless_propag_5.html "Wireless Propagator: Seeing the Unseen" March 2006 article in Network Computing Magazine] Electronics companies of the United States Companies based in Sunnyvale, California {{Tech-company-stub