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Site: the user guide (phase 2): the basics, one page per App, Settings and Updates
Eleven pages under /guide/, written from the README, the milestone documents
and the Apps' own source: the keys, the Launcher, the Status Bar and the first
start; the LoRa Scanner, GNSS, Gemini, IRC, Wi-Fi tools, Notes, Storage and
System; Settings (with Wi-Fi) and Updates. Real screenshots where the site has
them, a Guide link in the navigation, and the home page points to it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+++ title = "Wi-Fi tools" description = "See the networks around you, which Wi-Fi channels are busy, and follow one network's signal as you move." weight = 6 [extra] tag = "Wi-Fi tools" +++

The Wi-Fi tools show what the radio hears now: they scan for the networks around you and list them. They do not join anything.

The menu

Three entries: Networks nearby, Channel occupancy and Signal tracker. Pick one with the arrows and press Enter.

Networks nearby

A list that refreshes by itself: each network's name (or (hidden)), channel, signal in dBm and security. The top line says how it is sorted and filtered.

Key Does
s Sorts by signal, channel or name, in turn
o Shows only open networks
h Hides the hidden networks
w Shows only the strong ones
l Starts and stops logging
Enter Opens the Signal tracker on that network

Logging adds each scan to /wifi/scans/<date>.csv on the SD card, one row per network, once the device knows the date; LOG and a row count show while it runs. Logs stop when the card passes 90% full.

Channel occupancy

One bar for each of the 13 Wi-Fi channels shows how busy it is: how many networks use it, and how strong they are. The top line counts the networks and names the quietest of the three channels that don't overlap, 1, 6 and 11. It is the quick answer to "which channel should my router use?". ` (Back) returns to the menu.

Signal tracker

Follows one network: its name, address and channel, then the signal in dBm in large type, a strength bar, and a graph of the recent readings, so you can walk towards the strongest signal. m turns audible clicks on and off. If the network is no longer heard the screen says lost. ` (Back) returns to the list.