Detecting Wifi Networks Using Delphi Prism.

September 30, 2009 by Rodrigo 13 Comments

The next code uses the Managed Wifi API, The library uses the Native Wifi API, available since Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 (in a limited fashion, and only after applying a hotfix provided in KB article 918997). Older versions of Windows are not supported.

Before to compile the code you need to download the library from this location. Build the project “ManagedWifi.csproj” and then add the reference to the source code listed below.

namespace DelphiPrismWifidetection;
//Author : Rodrigo Ruz. 2009-09-29
//Shine Your crazy Diamond.

interface

uses
NativeWifi,//You must add the reference to the library ManagedWifi.dll
System.Text;

type
  ConsoleApp = class
  private
    class method GetStringForSSID(ssid : Wlan.Dot11Ssid ) : string;
    class method GetStringFornumberOfBssids (numberOfBssids : Int32 ) : string;
  public
    class method Main;
  end;

implementation

class method ConsoleApp.GetStringForSSID(ssid : Wlan.Dot11Ssid ) : string;
begin
    Result:= Encoding.ASCII.GetString( ssid.SSID, 0, Int32( ssid.SSIDLength) );
end;

class method ConsoleApp.GetStringFornumberOfBssids (numberOfBssids : Int32 ) : string;
begin
  case numberOfBssids of
  1: Result:='infrastructure';
  2: Result:='independent';
  3: Result:='any';
  else
  Result:='Unknow';
  end; // case
end;

class method ConsoleApp.Main;
begin
            var client : WlanClient  := new WlanClient();
            for each  wlanIface in client.Interfaces  do
            begin
                var networks : Array of  Wlan.WlanAvailableNetwork  := wlanIface.GetAvailableNetworkList(NativeWifi.Wlan.WlanGetAvailableNetworkFlags.IncludeAllAdhocProfiles);
                for each  network in networks  do
                begin
                    // for more info goto http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms707403%28VS.85%29.aspx
                    Console.WriteLine( "┌---------------------------------------------------------------¬");
                    Console.WriteLine( "|Network Detected      {0,-40} |", GetStringForSSID(network.dot11Ssid));
                    Console.WriteLine( "├---------------------------------------------------------------┤");
                    Console.WriteLine( "| CipherAlgorithm      {0,-40} |", network.dot11DefaultCipherAlgorithm.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "| DefaultAuthAlgorithm {0,-40} |", network.dot11DefaultAuthAlgorithm.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "| dot11Ssid            {0,-40} |", network.dot11Ssid.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "| networkConnectable   {0,-40} |", network.networkConnectable.ToString());
                    if not network.networkConnectable then
                    Console.WriteLine( "| NotConnectableReason {0,-40} |", network.wlanNotConnectableReason.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "| morePhyTypes         {0,-40} |", network.morePhyTypes.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "| (BSS) network type   {0,-40} |", GetStringFornumberOfBssids(network.numberOfBssids));
                    Console.WriteLine( "| profileName          {0,-40} |", network.profileName.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "| securityEnabled      {0,-40} |", network.securityEnabled.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "| wlanSignalQuality    {0,-40} |", network.wlanSignalQuality.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine( "└---------------------------------------------------------------┘");
                end;

            end;
            Console.ReadLine();
end;

end.

and the result is

Update

Download the full source code from here

Bye.