WiFi dongle communication

[PaveraM]

Hello, i would like to monitor my whole wifi network using my wifi dongle Asus USB-N13 dongle. The idea is to get whole information about wifi environment. So it basically means to write an app that will show me names of all access points around and their signal strength. I was not able to find any good example how to obtain this information, or how to communicate with any wifi modules.

[mikeporter]

To get that sort of information you need to be accessing the WiFi radio station a very low level. I would start by talking to vendors.

Also, there might be standardized system calls to fetch that data. Have you checked any MS forums?

Mike...

[okubik]

Hello,

Why are you reinventing the wheel? http://www.metageek.com/support/downloads/

Ondřej K.

[PaveraM]

MIke: Not yet, but thank you for idea. Will try to look there. 

Ondrej: I need this acces because i am trying to do something like WiFi signal strength map and than work with it. So this commercial software is useless for me.

[okubik]

Again there are apps like this one: http://www.ekahau.com/wifidesign/ekahau-heatmapper

But in case you would like to implement it by your own there are many examples on the interner how to use existing APIs for that.

Such as http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1686715/c-sharp-how-do-i-access-the-wlan-signal-strength-and-othe...

Ondřej

[PaveraM]

Ondrej: Tank you this is exactly fhe forum i am reading right now.