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danodemano
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Not Finding Networks

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I first noticed this in version 9.3 and it seems to persist in the latest 9.4 beta release. The scan is not finding any networks at all. I have let it run for 10+ minutes but still nothing. I downloaded and older version (9.2) and the scanning works just fine and finds a number of networks. When I run 'netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid' from command line I DO get results:

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C:\Users\Dan>netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid

Interface Name : Wireless Network Connection
There are 6 networks currently visible.

SSID 1 : DeV5
    Network type            : Infrastructure
    Authentication          : WPA2-Personal
    Encryption              : CCMP
    BSSID 1                 : 00:1f:33:79:39:9e
         Signal             : 90%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 1
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54

SSID 2 : linksys
    Network type            : Infrastructure
    Authentication          : Open
    Encryption              : None
    BSSID 1                 : 00:1c:10:17:cc:30
         Signal             : 14%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 6
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
    BSSID 2                 : 00:14:bf:f1:16:66
         Signal             : 44%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 6
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54

SSID 3 : linksys
    Network type            : Infrastructure
    Authentication          : Open
    Encryption              : WEP
    BSSID 1                 : 00:1c:10:17:cc:30
         Signal             : 14%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 6
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
    BSSID 2                 : 00:14:bf:f1:16:66
         Signal             : 44%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 6
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54

SSID 4 : Motorola
    Network type            : Infrastructure
    Authentication          : WPA-Personal
    Encryption              : CCMP
    BSSID 1                 : 00:14:a5:91:e9:d0
         Signal             : 94%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 11
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54

SSID 5 : DeV4
    Network type            : Infrastructure
    Authentication          : WPA2-Enterprise
    Encryption              : CCMP
    BSSID 1                 : 00:1a:70:af:7e:e8
         Signal             : 100%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 11
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54

SSID 6 : WIZARD
    Network type            : Infrastructure
    Authentication          : WPA-Personal
    Encryption              : TKIP
    BSSID 1                 : 00:1f:33:be:57:38
         Signal             : 22%
         Radio Type         : 802.11g
         Channel            : 1
         Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
         Other Rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54


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I'm not sure what has changed to make Vistumbler stop working. Since and older version works, I don't believe it to be anything on my system. I am running Vista Home Premium 32bit if that helps. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Dan
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Re: Not Finding Networks

Post by ACalcutt »

Is the proper network adapter selected in the interface menu? Since v9.3 the adapter needs to be specified to allow the use of native wifi to refresh networks instead of using windows automation (clicking the refresh button on the "connect to" window)
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basically the command being run now is
netsh wlan show networks interface=*your adapter name* mode=bssid
(eg. netsh wlan show networks interface="Wireless Network Connection" mode=bssid)

So if the wrong adapter is picked then it will not return any results
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Re: Not Finding Networks

Post by danodemano »

You nailed it, thanks for the fast reply! It had defaulted to my Bluetooth adapter (wonder why it didn't find anything ;P). After changed it to the wireless card, it scans just fine. Thanks again for your help!!
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Dan
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