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--->PLEASE does any one know where I can find Vista-compatible 802.11 recreational wardriving tools?Vista's been really swaeting me

i'm doing Wireless propagation performance prediction modelling training and loving it (especially the Indoor/Microcell aspect...thanks so much for the cert. guys)

Try Inssider from MetaGeek Guys
http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider

Also try this Vista gadget:

http://www.xirrus.com/cgi-bin/press_releases.cgi?id=186&template=1

PLEASE does any one know where I can find Vista-compatible 802.11 recreational wardriving tools?Vista's been really sweating me

http://www.xirrus.com/cgi-bin/press_releases.cgi?id=186&template=1

http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider


Both very cool tools. Here is another suggsetion:

Don't use Vista! X-D

Ditto that.

Remember when XP first came out? Sucked, didn't it? Then SP1 fixed a few issues, then SP2 made it a pretty decent OS. Ask yourself how long between XP launch and SP2. That's how long it will be until Vista is usable.

Meantime, don't go near it.

Just to add to the XP-Vista twister: Microsoft introduced SP3:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9064498

SP3 also rolls up a variety of previous patches and hot fixes. Particularly noteworthy for Wi-Fi users is Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, which supports the new Wi-Fi Alliance certification for secure wireless networks. WPA2 is already available in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 with SP2.

If you are really key on Vista try this:
http://www.passmark.com/products/wirelessmonitor.htm?ref=1&campaign=9

Thanks for posting that URL to PassMark, I had not seen this WLAN discovery software tool.

I really like the "real-time" GPS display with imported maps feature:

http://www.passmark.com/products/wifisoftware_screenshot.htm


The only downside I see is that they want $50 for a WLAN discovery tool when 95% of the WLAN discovery software is free. Although I cannot blame anyone for wanting to make a few bucks on their product they developed.

SP3 for XP for also rolls up a variety of previous patches and hot fixes. Particularly noteworthy for Wi-Fi users is Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, which supports the new Wi-Fi Alliance certification for secure wireless networks. WPA2 is already available in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 with SP2.

That is all true but I HIGHLY recommend not using the Windows supplicant if at all possible. It has many known and published security holes. The DoD and most US Government agencies have a VERY strict policy about disabling the XP supplicant (Wireless Zero Configuration Service).

The best way to go is to use third-party supplicant software:

http://www.juniper.net/products_and_services/aaa_and_802_1x/odyssey/odyssey_access_client/

or even better, a FIPS compliant supplicant:

http://www.juniper.net/products_and_services/aaa_and_802_1x/odyssey/odyssey_access_client_fips/