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How can I find out what the mac address of the w-lan accesspoint I'm connected to is?

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Any of these 3 works:

  • arping 192.168.0.1 Change the IP adress to whatever you use. The MAC address is in the reply between brackets.

  • iwconfig | grep "Access Point". Access point will be colored and behind it the MAC address.

  • iwlist wlan0 scan|grep Address same as previous command (color etc).

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iwlist wlan0 scan|grep worked, thank you a lot :) – user1392185 Nov 27 '12 at 13:17

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