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Measured transmit rate
An active probe exercises the radio on each channel instead of estimating performance from indirect indicators.
WifiMETRIX Suite · Wireless Toolbox diagnostic
Test the channel.Trust the result.
Channel Performance actively measures how fast the appliance radio can transmit on each Wi-Fi channel, then ranks the results so the strongest choice is immediately visible.
Included with Wireless ToolboxThe active probe runs on the appliance. Your phone or computer displays the measurements but does not determine them.
Active measurementBased on achieved transmit rate, not RSSI
0–100 scoreEvery channel is normalized against the fastest
Mbps preservedAbsolute measured rate appears above each bar
History includedSee whether a strong result remains stable
Performance over appearances
A quiet-looking channel can still be slow.
Throughput trumps a guess based on signal strength or the number of visible access points.
Spectrum activity and network discovery are valuable evidence, but neither directly measures how effectively an 802.11 radio can use a channel. A channel that looks clean may still perform poorly; a busy-looking channel may remain surprisingly usable.
Channel Performance runs an active over-the-air transmit test and uses the achieved rate as the evidence. The fastest channel in a band scores 100, the rest are scaled against it, and the underlying Mbps measurement remains visible.
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Turn every channel into a comparable result.
The score makes the recommendation easy to read, while the raw rate and history keep the result technically meaningful.
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Best-channel ranking
Color and height create an immediate visual ranking, with the best measured channel called out.
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Performance over time
Heatmap and historical views expose channels whose apparent advantage disappears as conditions change.
Field workflow
Sweep the band and choose with evidence.
Evaluate the channels relevant to the network or deployment under test.
The appliance visits each channel and performs the active measurement.
Use the normalized score for ranking and Mbps to understand the absolute difference.
Confirm that the preferred channel remains strong across repeated sweeps.
The instrument view
The best channel—and how confidently to choose it.
A single snapshot ranks the band; the historical views show whether that ranking is durable.
WifiMETRIX Suite
Choose the channel that delivers, not merely the one that looks quiet.
Channel Performance replaces intuition with a direct measurement from the same class of radio the network must serve.