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|    thenewcq to mynameismisterbig@gmail.com    |
|    Re: Detecting Wifi    |
|    01 Mar 18 21:15:16    |
      From: me@thecomputer.net              mynameismisterbig@gmail.com wrote:              > I have a laptop which insists on connecting to Wifi as soon       as I get in,       > whereupon the router it's connecting to can presumably get       its MAC       > address. I would like to stop this, but I would also like       to know that       > I've been successful, ie. that my MAC addr is NOT being       given out to       > anyone! I have a Linux laptop as well, which has a Wifi       adapter - my       > question is: how do I use *this* laptop to detect the       "connecting to Wifi       > sequence" of the above? ie. exactly WHAT this thing is       giving out?       >       > Thanks for your help.       yea, dude use wireshark on the linux box              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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