How to use the airport command on Mac OS X?
This command requires familiarity with the Mac OS X command line Mac OS X (tried on 105 but probably on earlier versions as well) contains a well-hidden command line command for querying and controlling a Mac’s Airport card and connection to wireless networks. The command is not well-documented but contains some built-in help.
Is there a command line utility for Mac?
Hidden from the casual Mac user is a spiffy command line utility that allows you to view, configure, and troubleshoot your Mac’s wireless connection, entirely from the Terminal of MacOS and Mac OS X.
Where can I find the AirPort Utility user guide?
To explore the AirPort Utility User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page, or enter a word or phrase in the search field. If you need more help, visit the AirPort Support website. Helpful? Please don’t include any personal information in your comment.
What’s the little known command line wireless utility?
OS X comes with a nifty little known command line wireless utility. To enable easy access to it, run the following to put it in the command line’s search path: […]
How to control Bluetooth wireless radio from the command line?
This question is almost the same as my previous question, but with one major difference; I want to turn on/off Bluetooth from the command line (bash or similar), NOT from AppleScript – the answers for this I saw on superuser all used AppleScript.
Can You disable airport from the command line?
Disabling and reenabling AirPort is not the same as connecting to a wireless network from the command line, although you can do that too also by using the networksetup tool.
How to enable and disable AirPort wireless on Mac?
Sometimes the easiest fix when troubleshooting an AirPort wireless connection problem is to just turn AirPort on and off. Instead of using the menu item or System Preferences, we can enable and disable AirPort very quickly directly from the Mac OS X Terminal. To do this, we’re going to use the ‘networksetup’ command.