Re: Ekahau HeatMapper Wireless free mapping tool

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:50:37 +0100, LR <lrme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Ekahau driver was still listed in the card
properties and I had to uninstall it from there to get it to work.

That was badly worded. the Ekahau driver was listed in the "Network
Connection Properties" for the wireless connection as one of the items
that were used by that connection, in my Vista laptop it was shown just
above "Internet Protocol Version 6(TCP/IPv6)".

My guess(tm) would be that it added something to the LSP (layered
service provider) winsock2 chain that wasn't removed. Try LSPFix:
<http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>
or other repair utility. I think this one works with Vista, but I
haven't tried it.

If deperate, you can reset the whole network mess:
<http://geekswithblogs.net/mattcampbell/archive/2007/09/30/Resetting-your-whole-IP-stack-in-Vista.aspx>

If nothing works, do a system restore to a point before things went
awry.

I'll try it on a Vista machine in a few days. Remind me if I forget.

I screen grabbed a local road map from Google maps and used HeatMapper
to build a wi-fi map of the neighborhood. I went for a walk with my
laptop, left clicking the mouse merrily down the beaten path. 22
access points were heard and somewhat located. My neighborhood is on
a hillside full of reflections and in a forest full of attenuations.
The signal strength color pattern therefore appeared rather weird.
I'll try it again next weekend, hopefully with better results.

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