Getting wifi mac address when scanning networks

Official Hardware MKR Family MKR 1000 WiFi
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Is it possible to get mac addresses when scanning networks?
I was able to get ssid, signal strength and security using the sample code, but not mac addresses.
Google Maps geolocation API requires a json with mac addresses to be able to triangulate your location based on wifi networks instead of ip or cell towers.
I was able to get mac addresses using ESP8266, but not with MKR1000.

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Are you using the MKR to scan networks to get other IP's and give those to the API or just wanting the MKR's to give to the API ?

Its been a while since I last played with the spare MKR but I seem to recall it was possible.

If I find the specific info I will put it up for you.

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Getting Mkr mac address is easy.
I need the mac addresses of other AP's in the area.

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OK I was correct.
Its an example sketch for the MKR1000.

The output is like this.

Scanning available networks...
** Scan Networks **
number of available networks: 3
1) Signal: -78 dBm Channel: 6 BSSID: 5E:CF:7F:F:03:47 Encryption: None SSID: AI-THINKER_0F0347
2) Signal: -68 dBm Channel: 6 BSSID: 1C:C6:3C:1A:EE:93 Encryption: WPA SSID: BOB01
3) Signal: -60 dBm Channel: 6 BSSID: 1E:C6:3C:1A:EE:94 Encryption: WPA SSID: BOB02

A copy is in your WiFi101 examples and here is also a copy I took from CREATE

ScanNetworksAdvanced.zip (5.08 KB)

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Thanks!!
I guess I have an older copy of the examples

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Hi @newhobby,

What version of the WiFi101 library do you have installed?

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I should have the latest libraries, but since I download from github, I never copy the example folders to the arduino folder.
Well, I doesn't matter anyway. I got it working and geolocation using WiFi Mac address triangulation is pretty accurate.
Google was able to spot me inside the house :slight_smile:
I now have mkr1000 getting lat and long from Google and sending to my server where I can use to plot a map :slight_smile:

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newhobby:
Is it possible to get mac addresses when scanning networks?
I was able to get ssid, signal strength and security using the sample code, but not mac addresses.
Google Maps geolocation API requires a json with mac addresses to be able to triangulate your location based on wifi networks instead of ip or cell towers.
I was able to get mac addresses using ESP8266, but not with MKR1000.

Hey newhobby, how did you manage to do that with the esp8266, I have been trying to get the sketch for that. Your help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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I can't remember anymore, but google gave me this: