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request for a Access Point finder
skwire:
AFAIK, it's not possible to see wireless networks with a wired NIC. Or, did I misunderstand you?
techidave:
no you didn't. Thanks for mentioning that, I hadn't thought about it.
techidave:
I guess, I was assuming if it can find network printers then the same technology should be able to find access points.
But that is ok, I can just manually make my own list of AP's. Sometimes its nice to run a scan and see what's there.
oh well...
skwire:
I suppose I should have been a bit more detailed.
A given network can have both wireless and wired hosts. A scan from your wired NIC could find the access point's WIRED connection to the network but all that's going to seem to a scan is just another host on the network (router/computer/printer/NAS, etc.) It's still not going to be able to see or know about the wireless network's metadata like you wanted to see. Does that clear it up a bit?
techidave:
yes. thanks a bunch for the lesson. :-[
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