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    Need a program that tells me how many antennas are in use

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Slaughterhouse, Jan 17, 2009.

  1. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    Dell has a utility that allows you to view how many antennas are being used by your wifi card.

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    Would anyone happen to know a similar program for laptops in general?
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 17, 2009
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    Probably not, but you can probably just check physically. Most notebooks just have a compartment on the bottom.
     
    flipfire, Jan 17, 2009
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    No idea but almost every laptop manufacturer has it's own Wlan utilities software.
     
    ATG, Jan 17, 2009
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  4. Slaughterhouse

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    Yeah I checked them at the bottom as I just installed the Intel 5300 card. All 3 antennas are connected.

    I just want to test them somehow to see if all 3 are functioning properly. My laptop just came with Intel Pro Set Wireless, which I don't have installed at the moment. I doubt that it would have this function anyway.
     
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    Intel has its own utilities software, but i dont think it will provide information like that.

    If one of them arent functioning properly, you will get bad reception or connect at N speeds.
     
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    Pardon my ignorance, but how is that _Dell utility showing you the number of antennae that are active?
     
    Shyster1, Jan 17, 2009
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    I think where it says 2 x 2
     
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  8. Slaughterhouse

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    Yeah it's the radio streams line.
     
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    You got a link to download this app? I don't see this on my Dell machine.
     
    AtLarge, Jan 18, 2009
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  10. Slaughterhouse

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    I found that picture on a Dell Mini forum through a Google search so I really have no idea.
     
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    not sure if this will do it but remote exploit has a linux version of their software called backtrack 3 it was developed as a wifi sniffing tool or should i say a whitehat hacking tool not sure it tells you how many antennae's you are using though :)
     
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  12. Slaughterhouse

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    Thanks, I'll look into that.

    Ok apparently the Intel PROSet Wireless software does have the ability to display the information that I'm looking for. However, every time I install this software from the Intel site, I don't get a wireless configuration utility. Instead, I just get 2 options - wifi advanced statistics and wifi manual diagnostics. These are the only 2 icons under the Intel PROSet Wireless folder in my Start menu, there's no actual utility that I can use to connect to networks.

    Anyone know what's going on?
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 18, 2009
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