Aruba Utilities for Android

Product overview

Aruba Utilities is a complimentary app created by the CTO Group at Aruba Networks to help examine and diagnose multi-access-point wireless LANs. It serves as a platform for experimenting with WLAN measurement methods and optimization approaches while providing practical tools for on-the-go network troubleshooting and monitoring.

Primary capabilities

• Remote shell access: a Telnet/SSH client lets you connect to Aruba mobility controllers from a handheld device to view status and change configurations.
• Air management integration: an AirWave client pulls down the site’s floorplan and access point metadata so you can visualize AP placement and basic stats.
• Radio environment viewer: a Wi‑Fi Monitor shows the wireless surroundings, including the AP you’re associated with, signal strength (RSSI and dynamic readings), nearby audible APs, and handover events.

AirWave features and site survey tools

• Visual AP placement: AP icons are overlaid on the downloaded floorplan, showing their positions relative to your current location and offering quick access to per‑AP metrics such as channel usage, transmit power and load.
• On-device heatmap and measurements: the client can build an estimated coverage heatmap locally and includes a site survey mode that ties measured coverage values to specific coordinates on the floorplan.

Who benefits from this tool

Network engineers running environments with multiple access points — particularly those using Aruba infrastructure — will find this utility useful for troubleshooting, performance checks and field surveys. It’s aimed at professionals who need a compact set of WLAN analysis functions on a mobile device.

Suggested alternative

• NetMonster (Free): a recommended no-cost alternative for users seeking similar Wi‑Fi scanning and diagnostic functionality.