This might just be a guess but did you install Netstumbler for diagnostic
purposes? It's a useful tool for discovery of wireless APs but it does
disable WZCSVC when launch.
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"Roger Abell [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Well. Interesting that piece of info ! Thx.
>
> I wish I could find it again !!!
>
> If I get to see it again I will capture, and walk the process tree
> a little to see if I can figure what it is / wherefrom. I could
> swear that I accessed it via the view available feature.
>
> This XP has no third-party wireless apps to my knowledge but
> does/did have MS Broadband installed.
>
> I "stumbled" onto the interface while trying to diag issue we
> are having in one location where we are covering the city
> downtown, while at the location.
> It was actually a pretty useful UI !! Some 20 +/- access points
> shown, with signal strength of each, for about 6 SSIDs. Highlight
> one and the rest of the UI populated with info specific to it.
>
> Hmmm.
>
> Is the current BSSID / access point listing info not persisted
> somewhere rather than fully volitile?
>
> --
> Roger
>
> "Taroon Mandhana(MSFT)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>- Are you using microsoft wireless zero configuration service to manage
>>your adapter, or there is a 3rd party wireless software installed on your
>>box.
>> - There is no standard microsoft UI that will allow you to see the list
>> of BSSIDs for a particular SSID.
>> - Is it possible for you to send a screenshot of this UI.
>> - What is the make of your laptop and the wireless nic.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Taroon
>>
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>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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>> "Roger Abell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Subject system is XP SP2
>>>
>>> I have noticed that when I am at a location where the laptop
>>> transciever establishes carrier with an access point but fails
>>> to get a Dhcp Offer response to its Discover broadcasts
>>>
>>> 1. there is eventual popup to effect of 'you are connected but
>>> this network connection may be of limited or no usability'
>>> 2. the machine has failed over to autonet IP
>>> and most importantly for this posting
>>> 3. I am able to access an interface in which all the visible
>>> access points are listed along with their dBm strength,
>>> and highlighting any one lets one see its BSSID, and if
>>> a SSID is connected then the access point of best strength
>>> for that SSID has a different icon and has been autoselected
>>> for the connection.
>>> I am not sure but think I found this interface by doing something,
>>> somewhere in the view available networks click-path
>>>
>>> Questions:
>>>
>>> 1. when in this interface is it possible to change from the
>>> autoselected access point and force use of a different
>>> BSSID for that SSID ?
>>> 2. is it possible to get to this interface when all wireless
>>> autoconfig has completed normally and all is well?
>>> I cannot seem to find where, and it is as if the View
>>> available networks interface hooks in and replaces
>>> the interface that shows all access points.
>>> 3. how does one simply get info on the visible access
>>> points per SSID and on the BSSID of the then current
>>> wireless carrier connection?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> --
>>> Roger Abell
>>> Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
>>> MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
>>>
>>>
>>
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