How can someone get the BSSID of a router without connecting to it?

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  1. How can someone get the BSSID of a router without connecting to it in order to differentiate between duplicate SSIDs?

  2. Does a router broadcast the BSSID?

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For Mac OS and macOS that's 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I

for the currently connected wifi, which you can also get by alt+click on the wifi menu.

To get a list of all hotspots/network available use

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -s
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in cmd: netsh wlan show networks mode=Bssid (Windows 7)

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