Understanding how a Wifi Analyzer works on windows 10 with java

Question

I am trying to understand how a Wifi analyzer works. As i am currently doing a security project, i am required to check for Access Points for it's IP address and Mac Address of their BSSID.

Do i require any libraries to have/allow myself to have the same ability to scan for Networks and IP Address/Mac Addresses?

Or do i have to move into a different language such as C# as it is a windows environment

The project i am doing is an Evil Twin detection/warning. where

Tried calling system command "netsh wlan show profiles" & "netsh wlan show networks =Bssid" both outputs what i want except for the AP's IP Address

public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        System.out.println("Execute shell commands test");
        System.out.println();

        try {
            String cmd = "cmd /c netsh wlan show profiles ";
            System.out.println("Execute command: " + cmd); 
            Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
            int result = p.waitFor();

            System.out.println("Process exit code: " + result);
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("Result: ");
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));

            String line = "" ;

            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(line);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();

     }
    }
}

SuperMario48 SuperMario48 · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-03T05:55:49

If you want the IP Address of the AP just use ipconfig in cmd and read out the default gateway. Does not work if the ap does no dhcp, because the you get the IP address of the next router.

Understanding how a Wifi Analyzer works on windows 10 with java

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