A Wireless site survey is needed to decide where to install new access points to provide/improve or extend wireless network coverage.

The EeePC is an ideal tool for carrying out a wireless site survey, due to its size.

Here's some suggestions for achieving this:

The Simplest

This method requires no additional software

1. Open the terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. type: watch “cat /proc/net/wireless”

This shows current link quality, signal and noise. Use (Ctrl + C) to exit.

Slightly better wavemon

1. Add a debian repository to apt: How to add a Debian Repository
2. sudo apt-get install wavemon
3. Connect to the wireless network you are using for the survey
4. in terminal type wavemon.

Signal and noise don't seem to display properly, but the link quality and SNR seem OK You can get a graph by pressing F2 and a list of available access points in range by pressing F3.