Review and Criteria for Selecting Open-Source Tools for Managing Wireless Local Networks

This article provides an overview of open source administrative tools for wireless LANs. The following areas of software operation are covered: management, automation, backup and disaster recovery, version and software control, resource mapping, print server, monitoring, authorisation, link performance, log management, ticket management, packet analysis, network scanning and software for routers. The article provides numerous summaries and comparisons and suggests software that could be included in a WLAN administrator’s toolbox.