Wi-Fi on sidebar.

[razz]

Just received the wi-spy 2.4x and fired it up. I'm unable to get any SSID info. I press on "start scanning" and nothing happens. Called tech support but know one answered... left a message. Hopefully someone here can steer me in the right direction.

[Trent]

Sorry, we were in staff meeting. Did you select your wireless card in the dropdown? Do you use the windows Wi-Fi tool, or do you use a connection utility provided with your wi-fi card?

You will not be able to select the Wi-Spy in the drop down because it functions as a spectrum analyzer and doesn't read AP beacons.

[razz]

Wow, what a meeting.

Ok, that you responded let me give you some more details that may shed more light on this. First, I'm using a mac running Fusion. So, I'm running windows XP thru Fusion. Nothing shows up on the drop down box so I'm guessing the problem must be with Fusion since I can't see a wireless card???

Also I would like, if possible, to use the build-in Wifi in the laptop.

Thanks,

SR

[Trent]

There are two options as far as I can see.<ul>[*]Use Chanalyzer Lite for Mac.* This will use the built in Wi-Fi in the laptop.[*]If that option is not sufficient for what you are trying to do, you will need an additional USB wireless adapter, and the drivers installed on your Windows XP system.* Right now Vmware uses a bridge to connect to the internet, and there is no wireless card installed, which is what Chanalyzer needs to discover the SSIDs.[/list]It was good to talk on the phone.* I hope Chanalyzer Lite works for you.

[Tyler]

if you have the Windows SideBar 5744 or any other.. download a Gadget.. change the extension *.gadget to *.zip... then create a folder into your GADGETS folder of your SIDEBAR.. with the same name of the gadget example : if your gadget is CPU_Meter.zip... he folder will be CPU_Meter.gadget and uncompress it the *.zip content into this folder.. after this the gadget is ready to use it.

Their not talking about the Windows sidebar, but the Chanalyzer sidebar.