The Lego mouse tester (it's official name) was controlled by a Lego RCX unit to provide variable speed and timed tests.

However, Ryan developed a more elegant solution to automate the process using an unconventional technique that geeks will especially enjoy: Legos! And the cost of an industrial automated mouse tester proved prohibitive.

At first, an intern was assigned the task of repetitively drawing circles with the mouse for data collection (poor schmuck!). Ryan was dispatched to Japan to work with partners to resolve the issue.Īs any IT engineers is well aware, the first step in troubleshooting is to accurately replicate the issue on-demand. The company began experiencing problems with 2.4GHz mice not working properly, and narrowed the problem down to times when large amounts of Wi-Fi transfers were occurring. Back in 2005, Ryan worked as a wireless protocol developer for semi-conductor company that manufactured parts for wireless mice. Ryan and Trent started off the presentation describing MetaGeek's roots as a company. The MetaGeek Wi-Spy family of wireless spectrum analysis adapters offers Wi-Fi engineers a workstation-based wireless physical layer analysis solution at a much lower cost than competitive products such as Cisco Spectrum Expert or AirMagnet Spectrum XT. MetaGeek was the first presenter at Wireless Tech Field Day and kicked off the event with a superb presentation and demonstration of their flagship products, the Wi-Spy DBx and Chanalyzer Pro.

Metageek spectrum analyzer