Scan and connect to Wifi networks using Java

java network-programming wifi network-scan
user1686758 picture user1686758 · Sep 20, 2012 · Viewed 13.9k times · Source

Need to write a client, which can scan the available WIFI networks and connects to best known using Java. This might be desktop client which does this job. Any pointers would be helpful and appreciate your response.

Answer

Jon Lin picture Jon Lin · Sep 20, 2012

You'll have to rely on a JNI library since you can't access a wireless device directly in Java.

jWlanScan for Windows.

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