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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
