Show BSSID of an access point?

Question

I want to get the BSSID for a known SSID, how can I do that? Thanks :-)

Answer 1

nm-tool | grep Wireless-Name where you gotta replace "Wireless-Name" for the wireless you are trying to connect to will give you all the info you need

Answer 2

You could also install wifi-radar which will give you a graphical list of all wireless networks your NIC is seeing. Use sudo apt-get install wifi-radar to install it.

Answer 3

aircrack-ng can do this.

sudo airmon-ng start eth1 6 to use eth1 to monitor channel 6 (the channel is optional) and then you can use sudo airodump-ng eth1 to make it show you the BSSID.

Answer 4

If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Address shown when issuing

sudo iwlist scanning

E.g.:

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:22:33:44:55
                    Channel:5
                    Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=-33 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"the_known_ssid"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    ...