From: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
To: Beat Meier <mbe_ml@swiss-wireless.com.ar>
Cc: Linux Wireless List <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How can I find out the ssid of an inteface in AP mode?
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:53:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201302142053.57519.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <511D3AA4.7000209@swiss-wireless.com.ar>
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 08:27:32 PM Beat Meier wrote:
> Hello
>
> How can I find out the ssid of an inteface in AP mode (using hostapd)?
start up hostapd_cli
(usually it connects to the right wlanX interface, otherwise
execute interface wlanX)
get_config
(And then look for ssid=xyz)
> I have several hostapd files and dependend on several stuff I start
> hostap with different config files. One difference is the ssid and
> at runtime I need to know which is active with some scripts.
>
> I have still not found how to get this information if the interface is
> in AP mode because
> iw dev wlan0 link
> does not work in AP mode...
> In my opinion this could be implemented in
> iw dev wlan0 survey dump
> which also prints the frecuency IF REALY not already implemented...
>
> No one does need this feature?
No, the kernel does not manage AP interfaces. Everything
is done by hostapd (the userspace daemon).
Regards,
Christian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-14 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-14 19:27 How can I find out the ssid of an inteface in AP mode? Beat Meier
2013-02-14 19:53 ` Christian Lamparter [this message]
2013-02-18 13:17 ` Beat Meier
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