Questions tagged [bssid]

Basic Service Set Identification - MAC address of an Wireless Access Point.

By design, unique 48-bit ID for identifying different radio chipsets used in variety of Wireless Access Points. Also known as , only strictly bind to WAP chipsets.

With 802.11 standard it might be a of client devices settuping an network.

BSSID usually is generated using:

  • 24-bit Organization Unique Identifier (OUI, usually an ID of the manufactorer)
  • 24-bit identifier given by manufactorer

Common way to write it down: HH:HH:HH:HH:HH:HH, there H - any hexadecimal number.

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System.AccessViolationException error while using managed wifi to connect to specific bssid

I'm trying to connect to a wifi-network using bssid and have gone through all links available (including codeplex for managedwifi). My code is returning the following error: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected…
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hostapd dynamically show/hide ssid

I'm trying to implement a simple connection saturation algorithm for a bunch of nodes running hostapd. On having max_num_sta connections, I want hostapd to move into hidden SSID mode (ignore_broadcast_ssid=0). I have updated src/ap/beacon.c to…
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Get wifi BSSID programmatically using Ruby and ioctl

Using Getting essid via ioctl in ruby as a template I wanted to get the BSSID rather than the ESSID. However, not being a C developer, there are a few things that I don't understand. What I have so far which does not work :( ... NOTE I'm a bit…
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How to get bssid in iPhone without private library?

I need to get the bssid of the wifi for my iphone application to determine whether it is connected. How do I do it? Need some guidance on how to do it.
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Identify the BSSID of the AP that user is currently connected to

Working on a project for class specific to the college network. The idea is that if we can fetch an identifying characteristic of the web session/connection on campus, we can map out and associate the AP with their location coordinates and plot them…
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wireshark capture filter for a specific network (bssid)

I would like to know how to capture packets of a specific wireless network using wireshark. I'm already able to capture all packets of different networks setting my wireless card in monitor mode but for a specific analysis i need to discard all the…
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BSSID of Nearby Networks w/ Titanium

How can I retrieve the BSSID / mac address and strength of nearby WiFi networks (not the local device) from an Android / iOS application? This application has been built using Titanium. Titanium.Platform provides the macaddress for the device, not…
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WLAN_BSS_LIST is updated very slow if a Hotspot is turned off

I'm currently developing a windows application which detects WiFi network changes every 10 to 15 seconds. There is no problem with detecting new mobile hotspots (updates were reflected after at least 20 or 30 seconds). However, there is a problem…
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How to log out of PC if wifi network is not detected?

I have an idea for a script I am trying to write. Essentially I want my computer to logoff if it does not detect the hotspot from my phone. If I were to walk away from my computer I'd want it to automatically log off if I got too far away. The code…
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ESP8266 Find MAC address access point

I want to find the MAC address of the network access point im connected to. Then i would like it print the MAC address in the serial monitor. What i´ve tried so far is the following: #include <"WiFi.h"> const char* ssid = "NetworkSSID" const char*…
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Wifi BSSID Signal Strength and Channel allocations IONIC

Id like to know if it is currently possible to conduct network scans in Ionic on android and IOS, effectively what id like to know is if its possible to read the 5.2ghz and 2.4ghz networks and return BSSID its signal strength and what channel its…
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How to Get iOS BSSID

Hi guys I need to get BSSID of wifi network on iPhone with iOS 12 with SWIFT. I tested something like this func getWiFiSsid() -> String? { if let interfaces = CNCopySupportedInterfaces() as NSArray? { for interface in interfaces { if let…
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Xamarin ios - CaptiveNetwork.TryCopyCurrentNetworkInfo doesnt return the correct BSSID

I have the following code to get the current WIFI's bssid : var status = CaptiveNetwork.TryCopyCurrentNetworkInfo("en0", out dict); if (status == StatusCode.NoKey) { return null; } var bssid = dict[CaptiveNetwork.NetworkInfoKeyBSSID]; var…
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Android blacklist wifi bssid

I have a problem banning a specific bssid. I can see there is a class called WifiNative that was in api 19 but not able to access…
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find BSSID in PHP or JavaScript

How can I find BSSID or MAC adress in PHP or JavaScript? Sorry for my english, but I'm from Czech Repulic and I speak english a little bit.
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