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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   
      
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