Wireless SSID discovery

From: Andrew Bagrin (abagrin_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/20/04

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    I'm doing a wireless pen-test and am able to use aircrack to crack
    the wep key, however, when I use Kismet, Cain, airdump etc.. I can't
    get the SSID of a the access point if the SSID broadcast has been
    disabled. Does anyone know how to do this, or is there any tools that
    will let you get the SSID even if its not being broadcasted.

    Thanks,

    Andrew

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