XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/12/6 0:24:4, Marian wrote:   
   > J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> I checked mine by name, and got   
   >>   
   >> (!)   
   >> Invalid BSSID format. Expected 12 hexadecimal digits (e.g.,   
   >> AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF)   
   >>   
   >> (Probably what the B means?)   
   >   
   > Hi John,   
   >   
   > You said you checked yours "by name", where the query that was suggested   
   > seems to be using the BSSID (which is in the format of "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF")   
   >     
   >   
   > Try entering your BSSID (i.e., your MAC address of the access point),   
   > which, on Windows, you can get using netsh using the syntax below:   
   >  C:\> netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid   
      
   I did that, and pasted the resulting string into   
   https://wavedigger.networksurvey.app/?tab=bssid [and got   
      
   (!)   
   BSSID not found in Apple's database. This may be a new or unregistered   
   access point.]   
      
   But I thought your whole beef was that your BSSID was in the database,   
   despite your having added "_nomap" to it. But you _can't_ add "_nomap"   
   to a string of hex pairs.   
      
   >   
   > There are some WPS databases, as I noted in my prior post, which can take   
   > an SSID input, apparently, if that's what you really want to query on.   
   >     
      
   If by that you mean I can use its name, I tried that page, just filling   
   in its name - and nothing _seemed_ to happen when I clicked submit. Then   
   after 20 seconds or so (when I retried, anyway), it came up with   
      
   Search Results: 0 Points ( Save Link | Map | JSON | KMZ | GPX )   
      
   . (So both wavedigger and wifidb didn't find me. Since they look like   
   they're US-limited, I'm not surprised.)   
   >   
   > I haven't tried searching just for an SSID (since a BSSID is unique) and   
   > when I just tested it with an SSID, the gateway timed out, so maybe there   
   > isn't an SSID-only lookup, but that would be useful for those of us who   
   > want to stay out of the rainbow hash tables (& butterfly hash tables).   
      
      
      
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   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
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