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Wifi Coverage Mapper Live

WCML is live-usb distro prepared with one goal in mind: provide tool which helps in Wifi site surveys. It will generate heatmap of signal coverage of surveyed facility.

Preparation of WCML on USB drive

1. Download compressed wcml pendrive image ( min. size of pendrive is 2GB ) from Google Drive:

   wcml-v1.0.dd.tar.gz

2. Compare SHA1 sum:

   sha1sum wcml-v1.0.dd.tar.gz must equal cefd7459509cacf02121f8217c0f03c867278269

3. Extract image:

   tar xvjf wcml-v1.0.dd.tar.gz

4. Write image to pendrive ( as root ):

   dd if=wcml-v1.0.dd of=/dev/sdX

   Replace sdX in of=/dev/sdX with inserted USB drive. Be careful when you declare device where image will be written. Use dmesg to check how is your pendrive recognized by system.

5. Follow Usage guide.