hi misc, there are three access points that i can pick up that have the same ssid. is there a way to specify the mac address of the access point i wish to use? i have only figured out how to specift the ssid (wicontrol -n), but then it's a toss up which access point i get.
thanks much, lucas reddinger -- $ uname -a OpenBSD release.wingedleopard.net 3.8 GENERIC#138 i386 $ sudo wicontrol -L AP Information ap[0]: netname (SSID): [ linksys ] BSSID: [ 00:13:10:e8:9f:44 ] Channel: [ 6 ] Beacon Interval: [ 100 ] Quality/Signal/Noise [signal]: [ 24 / 31 / 7 ] Capinfo: [ ESS ] DataRate [Mbps]: [ 11.0 ] AvailableRates [Mbps]: [ 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 ] ap[1]: netname (SSID): [ linksys ] BSSID: [ 00:0f:66:a6:c6:63 ] Channel: [ 6 ] Beacon Interval: [ 100 ] Quality/Signal/Noise [signal]: [ 12 / 19 / 7 ] Capinfo: [ ESS ] DataRate [Mbps]: [ 11.0 ] AvailableRates [Mbps]: [ 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 ] ap[2]: netname (SSID): [ linksys ] BSSID: [ 00:0c:41:68:70:f8 ] Channel: [ 6 ] Beacon Interval: [ 100 ] Quality/Signal/Noise [signal]: [ 11 / 18 / 7 ] Capinfo: [ ESS ] DataRate [Mbps]: [ 11.0 ] AvailableRates [Mbps]: [ 1.0 5.5 11.0 11.0 ] $ ifconfig wi0 wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:80:c6:e3:1c:ff groups: egress media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS11) status: active ieee80211: nwid linksys 1dBm (auto) inet6 fe80::280:c6ff:fee3:1cff%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 192.168.1.127 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 $ wicontrol NIC serial number: [ 000000003841 ] Station name: [ release ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ IBSS ] Current netname (SSID): [ linksys ] Desired netname (SSID): [ linksys ] Current BSSID: [ 00:13:10:e8:9f:44 ] Channel list: [ 2047 ] IBSS channel: [ 1 ] Current channel: [ 6 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 44 87 6 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc, 6=Host AP): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:80:c6:e3:1c:ff ] TX rate (selection): [ 3 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 11 ] Maximum data length: [ 2304 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] Create IBSS: [ Off ] Antenna diversity (0=auto,1=pri,2=aux): [ ] Microwave oven robustness: [ On ] Roaming mode(1=firm,3=disable): [ 1 ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Management: [ Off ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] Enhanced Security mode: [ ] Intersil Prism2-based card: [ 1 ] Card info: [ PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.B, Firmware 1.4.9 ] Encryption: [ Off ] Encryption algorithm: [ Firmware WEP ] Authentication type (1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key): [ 1 ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] $ dmesg OpenBSD 3.8 (GENERIC) #138: Sat Sep 10 15:41:37 MDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel Pentium/MMX ("GenuineIntel" 586-class) 234 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX cpu0: F00F bug workaround installed real mem = 100245504 (97896K) avail mem = 84328448 (82352K) using 1249 buffers containing 5115904 bytes (4996K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(63) BIOS, date 01/26/98, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd850 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd6a0/0x960 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf60/128 (6 entries) pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found: ICU vendor 0xffff product 0xffff pcibios0: Warning, unable to fix up PCI interrupt routing pcibios0: PCI bus #0 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "SIS 5597/5598 Host" rev 0x02 pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "SIS 85C503 System" rev 0x01 pciide0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "SIS 5513 EIDE" rev 0xd0: 5597/5598: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <QUANTUM FIREBALL SE2.1A> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 2014MB, 4124736 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <HITACHI, CDR-8335, 0008> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 ohci0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "SIS 5597/5598 USB" rev 0x10: irq 3, version 1.0, legacy support usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: SIS OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered dc0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "ADMtek AN983" rev 0x11: irq 12, address 00:04:5a:70:cd:18 acphy0 at dc0 phy 1: AC_UNKNOWN 10/100 PHY, rev. 0 wi0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "National Datacomm NCP130 Rev A2" rev 0x01: irq 9 wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.B (0x8003), Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 1.4.9 (station), address 00:80:c6:e3:1c:ff vga1 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "S3 Trio64V2/DX" rev 0x16 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec biomask ed6d netmask ff6d ttymask ffef pctr: 586-class performance counters and user-level cycle counter enabled dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302