Re: How to show ALL nearby Wi-Fi AP's BSSID every time

Paul wrote:
>> Have you consider interference?  A car is in the way one minute not the next.  
>> IS there any relationship between the presence or disappearance of a station and
>> signal strength?   i.e. the ones appearing and disappearing are weak station.
>> 
>> I have seen similar things on my own computer but assigned it to the 
>> variance of the signal transmission through the local environment and the 
>> change micro weather.   Some one turns on a motor, a TV, Microwave, etc
> 
> There is a simulation of what it looks like, when a Wifi antenna is moved
> about within a household.

Let's make a point that is extremely crucial to make about Windows "netsh".

Assuming NOTHING changed (e.g., no interference, no movement whatsoever), 
Windows *still* will report *different* outputs depending on the cache.

So, while "interference" and "movement" will certainly change what APs any
given Windows computer will see, that's NOT the problem of this thread.

I just wanted to WARN people that the "netsh" command we've been using:
 C:\> netsh wlan refresh && netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid
Will give *less full* or "more full* results, depending on cache status.

In summary, the problem to resolve is NOT "interference" or "movement", 
but the fact that the netsh output depends on what's stored in cache
which itself has a temporal relationship to the last association time.

This thread is seeking a solution to *that* Windows "netsh" problem.