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From Forum Nokia Wiki

void ReadAPTable()
{
	struct ifconf ifc;
	int sockfd;
		
	sockfd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,IPPROTO_UDP);
        
	ifc.ifc_len = sizeof(ifreq) * 20;
	ifc.ifc_buf = (caddr_t)malloc( ifc.ifc_len );
 
 	// This will get the whole access points list
        // Here, ifc.ifc_len will contain the number of access points
	ret = ioctl(sockfd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc);
 
	// This will get only the active connection list 
        // Here, ifc.ifc_len will contain the number of active connections
	ret = ioctl(sockfd, SIOCGIFACTIVECONF, &ifc); 
 
	close(sockfd);
	free(ifc.ifc_buf);
	return;
}

The above Open C code shows that, we can either read the whole access points details(SIOCGIFCONF ) or only read active access points details(SIOCGIFACTIVECONF ).

Links

• Start new Socket Connection to Access Point

• Start new Socket Sub-connection to Access Point

• Socket Connection to an IP Address