Any free software to monitor wireless signal strength and quality for XP?

[thirdlegstump]

Looking for something that'll tell me the strengh of a particular wifi network like a bar graph. Anything really.

 

[rh71]

What wireless card are you using on the laptops ? Usually it has a signal meter installed with it.

 

[Drakkon]

http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/

 

[thirdlegstump]

Netgear WG511. Not sure what chipset it's based on.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I think I have the Netgear WG511 card (it's the 54g PCMIA wireless card), but it's at home. When I upgraded the drivers recently, I installed the Netgear monitoring software and it provides more robust information regarding the signal strength, channel, etc.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Netgear WG511. Not sure what chipset it's based on.

I use the same card.. you'll see a green systray icon after it's set to go / connected - double click that and you can see the signal strength meter / percentage right there. A newer version of the software (compared to what came with the card last year) is available on the netgear site.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Ah thanks. I was just using the raw drivers instead of installing the software. Got the monitor now.

 

[JackMDS]

May be you should take a look at this short page as well.

http://www.ezlan.net/wbars.html

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