#!/usr/bin/env python # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. # # Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. # # This example prints out all the AP BSSIDs that all WiFi devices on the # machine can see. Useful for location-based services like Skyhook that # can geolocate you based on the APs you can see. import dbus bus = dbus.SystemBus() # Get a proxy for the base NetworkManager object proxy = bus.get_object("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager", "/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager") manager = dbus.Interface(proxy, "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager") all_aps = [] print "Associated APs:" # Get all network devices devices = manager.GetDevices() for d in devices: dev_proxy = bus.get_object("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager", d) prop_iface = dbus.Interface(dev_proxy, "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties") # Make sure the device is enabled before we try to use it state = prop_iface.Get("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device", "State") if state <= 2: continue # Get device's type; we only want wifi devices iface = prop_iface.Get("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device", "Interface") dtype = prop_iface.Get("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device", "DeviceType") if dtype == 2: # WiFi # Get a proxy for the wifi interface wifi_iface = dbus.Interface(dev_proxy, "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Wireless") wifi_prop_iface = dbus.Interface(dev_proxy, "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties") # Get the associated AP's object path connected_path = wifi_prop_iface.Get("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Wireless", "ActiveAccessPoint") # Get all APs the card can see aps = wifi_iface.GetAccessPoints() for path in aps: ap_proxy = bus.get_object("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager", path) ap_prop_iface = dbus.Interface(ap_proxy, "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties") bssid = ap_prop_iface.Get("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AccessPoint", "HwAddress") # Cache the BSSID if not bssid in all_aps: all_aps.append(bssid) # Print the current AP's BSSID if path == connected_path: print "%s (%s)" % (bssid, iface) # and print out all APs the wifi devices can see print"\nFound APs:" for bssid in all_aps: print bssid