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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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Is there a cross-platform way to get ssid and bssid of a WLAN network through C++

I have created a cross-platform c++ app that among other things need to get the ssid and the bssid of the wlan network that is up. I have found ways to accomplish that in windows (WMI,WLanSCAN) and in linux (executing and parsing the relevant shell…
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Do 802.11 probe requests ever contain real BSSIDs?

It seems like 802.11 probe requests never contain a real BSSID but rather a wildcard BSSID (e.g. ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) however I can't seem to find any documentation stating this. This Meraki documentation says: "Because the probe request is sent…
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How to discover the BSSID that your WLAN is connected to using NativeWifi API in C#

A WLAN can have more than one BSSID. I need to discovery which BSSID I am connected with. In the NativeWIFI API using the struct WlanAvailableNetwork I can discover the WLAN that I am connected to, but it didn't tell me which is the connected…
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Can I retrieve BSSID of an access point that my computer connected to through browser?

The title explains it all. I'd like to retrieve bssid of an access point that my computer is connected to. I'd like to do this through java script in the client side.
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how to find the signal strength and mac address of the connected access point to which my device is connected at run time, programatically?

Im trying to identify the access point to which my device is connected and the signal strength of the connection. If you could suggest some libraries in java it would help a lot. FYI I looked around and found Access point class java doc …
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iwconfig wlan0 ap xx:xx doesn't change my Cell ID?

I have 3 RPI and TP-LINK TL-wr723n V3. I configured it in ad-hoc mode and it works. When I am taking RPI3 of network coverage RPI 1 and 2 lose connection. But when take RPI3 back connection is not restored. Before it lose connection all 3 PRI has…
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Get nearby BSSID and signal strength in Java

I need to get nearby BSSID's with their signal strength using Java. Something like the output of netsh wlan show networks mode=BSSID. Is it possible?
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regex to get MAC address from netsh wlan

Am trying to get the MAC address of all the available wireless networks around. Currently am using: netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid | findstr BSSID The output I get it (true MAC hidden for privacy): BSSID 1 :…
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How to check whether the WIFI the user is using is password protected

How to check whether the WIFI (SSID, BSSID) the user is using is password protected from iOS API?
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SSID vs BSSID: Connecting to Wifi via Android Programatically / Using WifiManager to connect to a network

I hear some developers are unable to connect to wifi when specifiying the SSID: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/android-developers/di4gMhC0ZTY However other developers are connecting via the SSID: How do I connect to a specific…
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get ssid from access point in ios

I want to get some uniqe information from access points such as mac address (bssid). I try this code, but it is only works when I connect a network.. - (id)fetchSSIDInfo { NSArray *ifs = (id)CNCopySupportedInterfaces(); NSLog(@"%s: Supported…
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Is it possible that Cordova plugin run on apache webserver?

I am trying to get the BSSID of an android phone which connected to a website. I found some information about getting BSSID using javascript, and the answer is it is impossible unless I made native code or plugin. I know it is kind of weird, but…
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Is it possible to edit the cover-area of my wifi?

I have 3 wifi shared by 3 different computers. I want to change the cover-area of the WIFI signal so that those 3 area have not overlap to each other. Is it possible to change the cover-area? (i.e. edit the signal radius by software / some…
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Does a router have only one BSSID?

In other words, can a router have more than one BSSID (for example, implementing two different versions of the 802.11 protocol)? And if so, are the RSSIs from the BSSIDs of a specific router exactly the same?
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