Windows Vista and Netstumbler
Netstumbler isn’t officially supported on Windows Vista but several alternatives exist that provide similar or better information about wireless networks.
The quickest and simplest way to discover access points is by using the “netsh” command available by default in Windows Vista. The command returns text results for discovered wireless networks. Free tools that [...]

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Outdoor Wireless Planning Tool
This online tool can be used to plan and visualize outdoor wireless networks by plotting device locations and radio frequency (RF) propagation coverage on mapping tools. Radio frequency propagation visualization can be viewed as contours on Google Maps or 3D RF models in Google Earth.
The tool is currently beta software and is [...]

Filed under: WLAN Design, WLAN Tools