Removed security field, detection is not error proof for all tools.
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had to handle much more complex network environments and also wanted to be independent of the operating
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system language. The adaptions needed would have been too comprehensive for a pull request so I decided to write an own module.
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**The module is currently in BETA testing, changes in functionality and interface are possible. Please report bugs on the projects GitHub page, Thanks!**
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## Operating Systems
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It was tested with the following operating systems:
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console.log(networks);
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});
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The tool returns an array with objects, each object representing a network with the following properties:
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* channel: WiFi channel
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* ssid: SSID of the network (if available)
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* mac: MAC Address of the network access point
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* rssi: signal strength
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In contrary to other wifi scanners no information about security is returned. This is due to the very different implementation
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of the command line tools which do not allow a flawless detection.
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## Technical background
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The module uses command line tools for gathering the network information:
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