Quick Wireless Survey in Windows
I recently needed the MAC address for another AP in my house, and after downloading and installing NetStumbler, was dismayed to find that for some reason the Atheros 11n chipset in my MBP isn’t supported.
A quick scout around and I found this command, which makes use of the excellent netsh command within Windows (XP onwards only I think, and the syntax/parameters seem to change every release – this was tested in Windows 7 and is known working in Vista…):
netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid
Et voila! You should have a nicely detailed list of all the APs in your vicinity. Nice to not have to use a third party app for something simple within Windows! 