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Posted by John Galt on July 15, 2004, 12:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options they are L2 bridged and are on the same IP subnet. How do I find out which access point, i.e. the MAC address of that AP, that I am going through? Will the 'arp' command do it? For example, there are 2 APs at two corners of a floor. As I walk thru the floor from one corner to another, I want to keep doing 'arp -a' or whatever and find out which AP I am associated with. (I understand that it may not be exact, but that's okay. The idea is that it should change if I, say, leave the building and associate with a whole other access point - though still on the same IP subnet.) thanks in advance, John | |||||||||||||
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Posted by AG on July 15, 2004, 3:52 pm
Please log in for more thread options addresses of every AP that it detects. Also Scantool can display them for you. It's a free download from Lucent. AG | |||||||||||||
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Posted by John Galt on July 16, 2004, 12:52 am
Please log in for more thread options > Most of the scanning software that's out there will display the MAC
> addresses of every AP that it detects. Also Scantool can display them for > you. It's a free download from Lucent. > AG Is there a command-line utility to scan for the nearest access points? Does the utility run under Windows? I can't find Scantool on Lucent's web site (did extensive googling). Any other hints please? cheers, John | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on July 16, 2004, 8:12 am
Please log in for more thread options On 15 Jul 2004 21:52:12 -0700, johngalt__@hotmail.com (John Galt)
wrote: >> Most of the scanning software that's out there will display the MAC
>> addresses of every AP that it detects. Also Scantool can display them for >> you. It's a free download from Lucent. >> AG >Is there a command-line utility to scan for the nearest access points?
>Does the utility run under Windows? I can't find Scantool on Lucent's >web site (did extensive googling). Any other hints please? Orinoco was sold by Lucent to Proxim. scantool is part of the AP-2000 software package. No clue if it works with other access points. http://www.proxim.com/support/downloads/Orinoco_downloads.html I don't think it will run on clients. -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831.336.2558 voice http://www.LearnByDestroying.com # jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us # 831.421.6491 digital_pager jeffl@cruzio.com AE6KS | |||||||||||||
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Posted by AG on July 16, 2004, 7:54 pm
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> On 15 Jul 2004 21:52:12 -0700, johngalt__@hotmail.com (John Galt)
> wrote: > > >> Most of the scanning software that's out there will display the MAC
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> >> addresses of every AP that it detects. Also Scantool can display them > >> you. It's a free download from Lucent.
> >> AG >
> >Is there a command-line utility to scan for the nearest access points?
> >Does the utility run under Windows? I can't find Scantool on Lucent's > >web site (did extensive googling). Any other hints please? >
> Orinoco was sold by Lucent to Proxim. scantool is part of the AP-2000 > software package. No clue if it works with other access points. > http://www.proxim.com/support/downloads/Orinoco_downloads.html > I don't think it will run on clients. It also works with our AP-600, since that's what I'm using right now. AG | |||||||||||||
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> they are L2 bridged and are on the same IP subnet.
>
> How do I find out which access point, i.e. the MAC address of that AP,
> that I am going through? Will the 'arp' command do it?
>
> For example, there are 2 APs at two corners of a floor. As I walk thru
> the floor from one corner to another, I want to keep doing 'arp -a' or
> whatever and find out which AP I am associated with. (I understand
> that it may not be exact, but that's okay. The idea is that it should
> change if I, say, leave the building and associate with a whole other
> access point - though still on the same IP subnet.)
>
> thanks in advance,
> John