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Is there any frameworks for find out the surrounding networks and network strength. Please tell me if it is possible or not in ios 4/5/6. Either is there any sample code for this.

For example i am using in iPhone Airtel network. Based on Airtel network i need to find what are other networks in that particular area and what is the signal strength of that network.

Thanks in advance.

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As far as i know this cant be done using public API's. You need to use private API's check thi s out MobileApple80211 framework.

Yes it is possible. In fact there is an awesome 3rd Party library for this called iPhone-Wireless

This provides you -

  1. view the wireless networks in your area.
  2. signal strength of each network.

For iOS 5 you'll need a jailbroken iPhone. Guvener Gokce has a very educational blog post on this: iPhone Wireless Scanner iOS5

Hope this helps but keep in mind that this library uses private API's and your app might get rejected from app store.

UPDATE: Check this out too - Accessing iPhone WiFi Information via SDK

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