About Us
Nuts About Nets, LLC
Founded in 2005,
Nuts About Nets is a small technology company located in
Redmond, Washington -- within shouting distance of Microsoft campus.
We specialize in developing PC-based, diagnostic tools used
for troubleshooting WiFi networks and other RF-related issues.
Our products are used world-wide and our customer base spans
the spectrum from network professionals to amateur enthusiasts.
This is because our tools are powerful, yet intuitive and
easy to use.
Our first product was the
AirSleuth line of low-cost, 2.4 GHz
spectrum analyzers -- which was very well received. Not only did it
break ground in providing an alternative to proprietary hardware
spectrum analyzers that cost many thousands of dollars, it also
introduced unique features that were not available in any other
product -- like channel-centric views of the data, use of a
proprietary algorithm and heuristics to compute the "Best Channel",
plus a variety of different graphical views of the data. Next came
AirHORN -- sort of by accident. We and
others use a variety of 2.4 GHz antennas and there were no simple,
inexpensive tools available for use in comparing
differences in antenna performance -- which is what we were
interested in. A 2.4 GHz signal generator is handy, but the
bandwidth of the transmission is so narrow compared to the 22 MHz
bandwidth of an 802.11 b/g channel that it doesn't provide a true
picture of how an antenna will perform in a WiFi environment.
So,
AirHORN was born. Turns out that
AirHORN is also useful for other
tasks -- e.g. as a source for aligning directional antennas and as a
diagnostic tool for detecting "dead spots" in a WiFi environment
(when used in conjunction with AirSleuth). And then, most recently,
has come Invisible Waves. We combined
forces with Kaltman Creations who have many years experience with
high-end audio equipment, professional audio engineering and RF
analyzers. Invisible Waves is unique in
the PC world as a broad spectrum RF analyzer -- it includes features
well-suited for wireless audio production, AV integration and
general commercial and industrial RF work. In addition to the
products we develop for sale, we also create diagnostic tools that
are freely distributed. We sponsor the web site
www.performancewifi.net
and from there people can download tools such as
NetSurveyor and
NetStress -- which are great for use in
troubleshooting WiFi networks and benchmarking performance.
Our experience in technology includes many years of installing both
wired and wireless computer networks, application and embedded
systems programming, integrating hardware and software products,
data acquisition and analysis in medical research, and technical
writing and publication.
Today we’re focused on combining those skills to create
affordable tools we all can use to help solve real-world,
RF-related issues.
Our products are sold directly online and we also have a wonderful
relationship with Kaltman Creations (www.kaltmancreationsllc.com)
who licenses and markets Invisible Waves.
This
was a joint effort to create a unique product targeted for the
professional audio world.
The deployment and use of
wireless networks and communication equipment continues to grow
exponentially, as does the variety of new wireless devices that
appear each year. On a good day things work fairly well -- but
because our RF environment is constantly changing in ways we can't
see, problems will arise
that impact performance. And because we can't see or touch
the medium over which the data is carried, these problems are
often difficult to track-down and resolve. As the wireless industry
continues to expand there will be an even greater need for
diagnostic tools to help solve the problems that inevitably
accompany a new technology. And this is the niche we hope to serve.
