On 20/04/2009 17:39, LR wrote:
> On 20/04/2009 04:55, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>> Ekahau HeatMapper Wireless free mapping tool:
>> <http://www.ekahau.com/products/heatmapper/overview.html>
>> Great fun. Scribble a map of your home or office with any paint
>> program. Walk around the room while left clicking the mouse to mark
>> your position on the map and record the signal strength. Right click
>> to stop recording. Results look something like:
>> <http://www.ekahau.com/products/heatmapper/features-a-screen-shots.html>
>>
>> I ignored the instructions that claimed it only works with XP and
>> Vista (32 bit) and installed it on a W2K desktop. No problems (so
>> far).
>>
>>
> It works using my built in AR5007 wireless card in Vista but would not
> work using USB dongles with ZD1211 and RT2870 chipsets. There was an
> added problem with neither of these being able to get an internet
> connection after installing the Ekahau s'ware, had the usual
> 169.254.xx.xx addresses. When I tried to remove the Ekahau driver from
> the adapter properties Vista locked up. I had to remove the Ekahau
> program to get the USB adapters to work properly, strangely there was no
> problem with the AR5007 card.

Having said that, after uninstalling the Ekahau s'ware my AR5007 card
failed to work. The Ekahau driver was still listed in the card
properties and I had to uninstall it from there to get it to work.