On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:50:37 +0100, LR <lrme@privacy.net> 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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