A wireless access point usually has an IP address. I use the function below to communicate with IP addresses...

Code:
    Public Function GetURLSource(ByVal URL As String) As String
        On Error Resume Next
        Dim client As New Net.WebClient()
        Dim sReader As New IO.StreamReader(client.OpenRead(URL))
        GetURLSource = sReader.ReadToEnd
        client.Dispose()
        sReader.Close()
    End Function
Hope this helps.