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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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iPhone get a list of all SSIDs without private library

Is it possible the get a list of all available SSIDs on the iPhone without using a private library? I read iPhone get SSID without private library which is about getting details about the current network. This answer mentions: If you jailbreak your…
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how to get BSSID of all connected network?

i have used the below code but it was working well but after some month i am getting a result as any instead of getting BSSID value. here is my code. please guide me any other alternative way. @SuppressLint("LongLogTag") public void…
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How can someone get the BSSID of a router without connecting to it?

How can someone get the BSSID of a router without connecting to it in order to differentiate between duplicate SSIDs? Does a router broadcast the BSSID?
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How do I get the current access point's MAC address/BSSID?

My iPhone is connected to an access point through a WiFi connection. Does anybody now how I can retrieve this Access Point's MAC address with Objective-C?
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Refresh WiFi network list with 'WlanScan' (convert api syntax from c# to vba... or a workaround?)

I need to refresh Window's list of wireless networks. I'll gladly accept any workaround that I can automate (cmdline, wmi, etc) directly or indirectly from VBA. (I'm using Windows 7 Home 64-bit with Office 365 Pro 64-bit.) I can list the networks…
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How to get the BSSID of the WiFi networks configured in the supplicant - android?

When i use getConfiguredNetworks() to get the BSSID value, it doesnt give me anything. I get all other values except BSSID. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? And yes the networks which i receive have their respective BSSIDs. I found that out…
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Android: getting different bssid for the same access point

The point of my app is to limit actions based on the network that I am connected to. I chose to define the network by the access point's mac address or BSSID. I'm using WifiInto's getConnectionInfo() and getBSSID() to get the BSSID of the access…
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How to connect to wifi with a specific bssid android?

I am creating an Android app which allows to connect you to a WiFi with a specific BSSID. I have implemented the part which scan all the wifis and make the WiFi configuration in function of WiFi network security type. I have also implemented the…
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Most effective way to collect wifi bssid and rssi data across many windows platforms

I'm trying to collect wifi Bssid and Rssi information on Windows, and am looking for the most reliable way to do that across as many versions of Windows as possible. With Vista it's easy using Win32 calls with the Wireless LAN API. That API exists…
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CNCopySupportedInterfaces() returning no value although wifi connected

I am using CNCopySupportedInterfaces() to get bssid and it is not returning any value. Not sure why. My code looks like this: #import CFArrayRef myArray = CNCopySupportedInterfaces(); …
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Filter the scan of WifiManager possible?

I am trying to scan the strength of several wireless signals. For that I use the WifiManager, in a loop I call startScan() and I have a broadcast receiver to get the results. My question is: How can I make a scan ONLY for some networks? In the…
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Connect to a specific BSSID on Mac

I would like to know what is the alternative of forcing a connection given the BSSID on Mac Sierra. I have found some tips but they are apparently not working since the new release... Thank you
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Is there a unique identifier for a saved netword on an Android device?

If I have to do some specific actions while connected to a specific wifi network, what can I save inside my DataBase to be sure that I'm connected exactly to that network? I saw that Android doesn't save the BSSID of a saved network but only the…
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What is a regular expression for a WPA-bssid

is this format ? wpa-bssid 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e or wpa-bssid 00:12:26:36:48:58 can I use this regex? ^([0-9A-F]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-F]{2})$ any help woulb be appreciated
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Android's getBSSID() method bug?

I'm using Android Studio trying to get the gateway's MAC using the getBSSID method. However, it never shows it correctly. My gateway is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:f0, but this method returns xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:f2. I tried with another router (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xb),…
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