Questions tagged [wlanapi]
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WlanGetNetworkBssList()-like commands do not compile with g++
I'm trying to compile a program that prints all available wifi access points including their BSSID.
The example of WlanGetAvailableNetworkList() function on MSDN website compiled just fine when removing the flag part with …

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How to use “Native Wifi API” Windows API functions with ruby
My Setup: Windows 7, Ruby 1.9.3
I want to manage the wireless NIC to access different Wireless Routers, here's what I have tried:
Method 1: netsh wlan
Managing the WLAN adapter through the netsh command tools.
So I setup my Wireless Network in…

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Wlanconnect not working with bssid in win8 but same works in win7
I am trying to connect to WiFi network using bssid in situation where are the are multiple AP (SSID) with same name but having different bssid. The sample relevant code I am using is
NDIS_OBJECT_HEADER header;
DOT11_BSSID_LIST…

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python/c -- connecting to a wireless network under windows 7
I am relativly exceperinced in Python 2.x, and just started learning C. I've come to the conclusion that I will need to use the Windows Native Wifi API (feel free to provide alternatives).
I want to connect to a network with a given name and…

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WlanHostedNetworkSetProperty not changing max peers
So I came across a problem when calling WlanHostedNetworkSetProperty from WLanapi.dll. This is that the dwMaxNumberOfPeers from WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_CONNECTION_SETTINGS passed into that function is not going to be persisted unless SSID is different…

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WlanSetProfile from wlanapi.dll in Windows XP fails
I am creating a program which will be able to connect automatically to a wireless network. For doing that, I am using a library called ManagedWifi, which uses the library "wlanapi.dll". When I try to use the code on Windows Vista, everything is…

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Wifi notifications in Windows
I would like to know how a windows C++ app can get notified when windows system changes its wifi network. I'm interested in the following cases:
When the user has switched on the wifi and has connected to a new network
When the user has switched…

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How do i retrieve the full list of all auth/cipher pairs that an AP can accept?
The function WlanGetAvailableNetworkList provides a list of WLAN_AVAILABLE_NETWORK structures containing, among other things, the default authentication algorithm and the default cipher for each network detected. However, access points can be…

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Unable to obtain profile of connected network in Vista/7
I have a piece of code implemented using the Managed Native WiFi.
It is used to obtain the profile details of the connected network for displaying on screen.
// Start the wireless configuration service if it is stopped
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How to enumerate devices on a network from c# and .NET?
I am writing a Windows desktop app that communicates with my DSLR camera via Wireless network (WLAN). I need a way to scan the network and find the camera by its MAC address or other identifying information. Nirsoft Wireless Network Watcher displays…

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Get the name of the connected wifi connection every 4 seconds
I use the following function to get the name of the connected WiFi connection. The function is called repeatedly every 4 seconds to monitor connection changes. But after a while, the function no longer works as before, and fails returning…

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WlanConnect(), how to connect to and open wireless access point
in order to connecto to an open access point I fill the WLAN_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS structure as below
WLAN_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS ConnectionParameters;
ConnectionParameters.wlanConnectionMode =…

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Check for EAP credentials issue
I want to check if EAP credentials are present (stored in the registry or not) when connecting to the Enterprise wireless network from the imported profile using my program. I use this method: WlanSetProfileEapXmlUserData for storing the user…

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Delphi XE8 - Native Wifi API - Wlan API - Get value from WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_REASON
Delphi XE8 on Windows 10 Pro
So i use WlanHostedNetworkStartUsing from Native Wifi API to start Hosted Network using this code :
procedure TForm1.btn_1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
hClient : THandle;
dwVersion : DWORD;
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Connect to Enterprise WiFi on Windows issue
I configured the Radius Server on Windows Server 2016 and I want to connect to Enterprise WiFi network using my application. I tried to do the following steps:
Set the profile without credentials using WlanSetProfile (I used imported profile from…

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