Download PassMark WirelessMon 4.0 build 1008

PassMark Software has released version 4.0 build 1008 of WirelessMon. With this program, the status of the wireless network card and of the access points within its range can be monitored. For example, it can be checked whether the network is configured correctly, whether all components are working properly, whether the access points are secured and what the throughput speeds of the network are. If directional antennas are used, the program can help locate an antenna. It can also help detect interference and other problems. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in verion 4.0 build 1008:

• Added support for the newest version of the MetaGeek Wi-Spy DBx
• Added support for connecting to hidden networks when SSID is known
• Added support for sending security passphrase from WirelessMon during the connection process in Vista/7/8 rather than requiring windows to display the key entry dialog in the system tray.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing connection to access points when specifying a MAC address
• Changed behavior where if an access point was set to use WEP/WEP64 WirelessMon was displaying WEP-104/WEP128. This is due to observed behavior in Windows Vista/7 that only WEP (key of any length length) is reported by Windows (not WEP-40 or WEP-104) no matter what WEP setting is used in the router. Now WirelessMon will only display “WEP” unless additional information is available.