determine mac address of an access point

11-05-2007, 02:09 PM

dear wlan guru
is there a way to determine the mac address of the access point,
windows xp / vista is connected to ? i would prefer a native way
without any extra tools (netsh ?)

thanx alto
tim

11-05-2007, 02:38 PM

tim braun wrote:
> dear wlan guru
> is there a way to determine the mac address of the access point,
> windows xp / vista is connected to ? i would prefer a native way
> without any extra tools (netsh ?)
>
> thanx alto
> tim
>
Ping the broadcast address and then arp -a .

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