Toolbox utilities
The Toolbox tab holds eleven tools. One, Network Test, measures this
iPhone’s own Wi-Fi on any network and needs no access-point login. The other
ten are diagnostics for the RUCKUS APs you administer: they come with the free
RUCKUS vendor pack, read live APs over SSH, and nine of the ten only
read — they run get commands and change nothing on the AP.
No tool anywhere in ARRF writes AP configuration: there is no way to change a channel, a power level, an SSID, or any other setting from the app.
Do I need the trial or an unlock?
Section titled “Do I need the trial or an unlock?”Yes — every Toolbox tool is new work, so it needs the free trial or the one-time unlock. Before the trial starts or after it ends, the tools are greyed out and the top of the tab shows a button:
| Entitlement | Button |
|---|---|
| Trial not started | Start the free trial to use Toolbox |
| Trial ended, nothing unlocked | Unlock ARRF to use Toolbox |
The line under the button shows your trial status (for example “Free trial: 14 days or 3 surveys”). See sample results stays open either way. See Free trial and unlock.
Which tool works on any Wi-Fi?
Section titled “Which tool works on any Wi-Fi?”Network Test, listed under Any Wi-Fi at the top of the tab. It times this phone’s router, the internet edge, a simulated call, and speed bursts — no AP access. It shows while Experience tests are on in Settings (the default). See Network Test.
What do the RUCKUS tools need?
Section titled “What do the RUCKUS tools need?”Every RUCKUS tool needs at least one reachable AP over SSH. The APs come from either a selected RUCKUS One venue or manual AP IPs — either source works; RUCKUS One is not required.
With no gear set up, the tools fold away behind a RUCKUS tools section:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Add RUCKUS gear | Opens the Settings tab, where the RUCKUS pack lives under Integrations. |
| See sample results | A gallery of bundled screenshots of the tools in use. |
| Show RUCKUS tools | Unfolds the tool list anyway. Its default follows your Using ARRF for answer: off for Home, on for Professional. |
Once a venue or manual APs are set, a Connected note replaces that section and the tools always show.
What are the RUCKUS tools?
Section titled “What are the RUCKUS tools?”Tools come in two shapes: fleet tools run across every connected AP at once; per-AP tools ask you to pick one AP first (or go straight in if there’s only one).
Health & infrastructure
Section titled “Health & infrastructure”| Tool | Shape | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Health check | Per-AP | Read-only triage of one AP — power, uplink, addressing, reachability, SSIDs, stability — graded pass/warn/fail; tap a check for the raw output. (~20 seconds.) |
| Fleet stability | Fleet | Uptime, panics, recovery boots, flash wear, and silent uplink flaps across every AP. |
| Wire & power map | Fleet | Per-AP switch, port, VLAN, and PoE draw; flags uplink single points of failure, VLAN mismatches, and slow links. |
| Path & DNS doctor | Fleet | Pings the gateway and internet, times DNS, and traces the path — answering “is it the Wi-Fi or the uplink?” |
Airwaves & clients
Section titled “Airwaves & clients”| Tool | Shape | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Clients | Fleet | Every client the APs see — signal, band, link rate, learned IP — with a deep read on tap. |
| RF advisor | Fleet | Every radio’s channel, measured airtime, and TX power; co-channel conflicts flagged. |
| Relationship web | Fleet | Which APs hear each other, contend on a channel, or share a BSS colour. |
| Rogue radar | Fleet | Neighbouring networks and flagged threats from the APs’ intrusion-detection tables. |
Per-AP deep dive
Section titled “Per-AP deep dive”| Tool | Shape | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Radio scope | Per-AP | One AP’s radios up close — rate/error histograms, per-antenna signal, airtime, latency. |
| Packet capture | Per-AP | A 3–30 second capture on one radio, pulled back over TFTP and analysed on the device. The one tool that changes radio state — see Packet capture. |