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Anonymous   11-18-2004 at 05:28:11 PM

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Hi,
I connect to a network through Access Point. I need to recognize the AP
that I conncet to. A possible way is to get the MAC address. Can
someone help me with a source code to do that.

jiten


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Anonymous   11-18-2004 at 05:41:40 PM
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:28:11 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , jiten dash
<jiten.dash.1fwzfm@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> wrote:

>
>Hi,
>I connect to a network through Access Point. I need to recognize the AP
>that I conncet to. A possible way is to get the MAC address. Can
>someone help me with a source code to do that.

The AP is frequently your default gateway - type IPCONFIG to see that.

If not, tracert might help - it shows you the IP of each machine you
connect via, when going to a website. You could then convert the IP to a
mac using nbtstat. Both tracert and nbtstat are commandline tools - open a
command prompt and type them in.


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Anonymous   11-18-2004 at 05:41:41 PM
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:41:40 +0000, Mark McIntyre spoketh

>On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:28:11 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , jiten dash
><jiten.dash.1fwzfm@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hi,
>>I connect to a network through Access Point. I need to recognize the AP
>>that I conncet to. A possible way is to get the MAC address. Can
>>someone help me with a source code to do that.
>
>The AP is frequently your default gateway - type IPCONFIG to see that.
>
>If not, tracert might help - it shows you the IP of each machine you
>connect via, when going to a website. You could then convert the IP to a
>mac using nbtstat. Both tracert and nbtstat are commandline tools - open a
>command prompt and type them in.

That would only be the case if the access point is also a router ...
That is mostly a home-user solution, and this doesn't sound like a
home-user problem, because if it were, he would know the IP address of
his own device.

Since access points are transparent bridges, it won't show up in any
traceroutes or arp tables, so the only way to get this information is to
ask the person who would know: the network administrator.


Lars M. Hansen
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Anonymous   11-19-2004 at 03:39:06 AM
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:03:56 -0500, in alt.internet.wireless , Lars M.
Hansen <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote:

(of using tracert)

>That would only be the case if the access point is also a router ...
>That is mostly a home-user solution, and this doesn't sound like a
>home-user problem, because if it were, he would know the IP address of
>his own device.

agreed.

>Since access points are transparent bridges, it won't show up in any
>traceroutes or arp tables, so the only way to get this information is to
>ask the person who would know: the network administrator.

yup.
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