I’m trying to retrieve the name of my Wi-Fi network via the terminal, but I’m encountering some issues. I tried with the command:

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

However, it returns the following warning:

WARNING: The airport command line tool is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
For diagnosing Wi-Fi related issues, use the Wireless Diagnostics app or the wdutil command line tool.

I also tried:

networksetup -getairportnetwork en0

But it returns:

You are not associated with an AirPort network.

Even though I am connected to Wi-Fi. I have tried disconnecting and reconnecting, as well as deleting the following .plist files in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/:

com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
com.apple.network.identification.plist
com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist
NetworkInterfaces.plist
preferences.plist

Despite these efforts, I still have not resolved the issue. I **DON'T** want to use wdutil since it requires the sudo password. Is there any way to fix the problem with networksetup, or is there an alternative method to retrieve the Wi-Fi name? Specifications: macOS Sequoia 15.0 Apple Silicon M3 Pro **UPDATE:** Today I reset my mac to the factory settings and the system installed Sonoma as the default OS. I have tried the terminal command networksetup and it works fine. After updating again to Sequoia the problem appears again so I think the problem is directly related to this new update. Unfortunately, I can't find any info about deprecation or warnings on the man.

I'm trying to connect to a mixed 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi. When trying to connect with the right password, my Mac is asking me to type the password again. By checking the logs, I was able to find what was the error:

_Apple80211AWDLCompatibilityInternal: unsupported get ioctl on awdl0 for APPLE80211_IOC_CURRENT_NETWORK

The first time it happened was random, I was on the internet and connected to the same Wi-Fi and then suddenly I didn't have access to the internet and my Mac was asking me to type my password. By running ifconfig, I was able to see that, both, awdl0 and llw0 were inactive (which lead to Airdrop and Airplay being unusable). I was able to activate awdl0 back but not llw0. Here are the things that I have tried so far: - Forget Wi-Fi - Removing the following files:

sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist 
   sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist 
   sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist 
   sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

- Reset NVRAM/PRAM - sudo ifconfig llw0 up (not working, llw0 still inactive) - Restart in safe mode - Manually adding the Wi-Fi - Reinstall macOS - Try another session None of them worked. I also tried providing an IP address manually throughout my router's interface but it didn't work as well. Separating 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz worked but only for the 2.4 GHz bandwidth. 5 GHz on my MacBook works well on a different Wi-Fi. I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro M1 Sonoma 14.5 (up to date) Any ideas? I want to avoid a factory reset.

My friend and I use our MacBooks from a local coffee shop sitting at the same table. My Wifi connection is much worse than hers is. Using option + click on the 🛜 menu, which reveals network information, I see that we are on different channels: - 108 (5 GHz 80 MHz) works fine for my friend - 11 (2.4 GHz 20 MHz) is slow for me I would like to reconnect on chanel 108, to match her configuration. Hopefully this will improve my connection. **Things I've tried** Per [Apple's support forums](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253936398?sortBy=best) , I tried this command:

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport --channel=108

This command has no immediate effect. Repeating the command with the -c flag, which shows the channel number, indicates that it stays at 11. However, if I repeat the command with the -z flag, which disconnects the connection, the channel *does* become 108, but only briefly. When I reconnect to the WiFi, it reverts to channel 11. When I scan all networks with the -s flag, I see two items listed with the same SSID, one at channel 11 and one at 108. So, the channel I want is "right there" and my laptop just isn't using it. Someone else on Stack Exchange [asked a similar question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/100383/wifi-channel-selection) years ago, and was told that the channel simply cannot be changed except at the WAP. Naturally in a coffee shop I don't have access to the WAP. As my friend is able to use the other channel it seems to me it's a matter of configuration in our laptops. How can I change the channel? I am on a MacBook Pro running Sonoma 14.2.1

I'm a network grasshopper, so bear with me. I have a 3 story home, with wifi routers on every floor, each has its own network. When I move from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor, my iPad never connects to the 3rd floor router, and every time I change floors I have to reconnect to the closest router for the best signal. Is there any way to avoid this? (mesh network?)

It was 99.99% of the time my Macbook and the Apple Airport Extreme were connected by 802.11ac, and today, nothing has changed, and they were shown to be connected by 802.11n all of a sudden, and it has been so for hours. (by pressing Option and clicking on the Wifi icon on the task bar). How do I make it jump back to 802.11ac?

I like to connect my Airport Extreme Base to my ISP Cisco. The Wifi signal of the Cisco is very weak so the Airport has to do all the router functions such as DHCP and WIFI What to do on the Cisco before I can install de Airport. Yes I have to set the Cisco in Bridge mode... but then what to do next? Have I to NAT on the Cisco?

"AirPort Utility.app" on my MacBook Pro M1 Max (Sequoia) shows its ComputerName as "MacBookPro". On my MacBook Pro 2014 (Big Sur) it's correctly shown as "MBP-M1Max", which is the name I gave it in Sequoia on the M1: user@MBP-M1Max ~ % scutil --get HostName MBP-M1Max user@MBP-M1Max ~ % scutil --get LocalHostName MBP-M1Max user@MBP-M1Max ~ % scutil --get ComputerName MBP-M1Max **Where does "MacBookPro" come from and how do I change it (if at all possible)?** PS. Big Sur's AirPort Utility: PPS. AirPort Utility in Sequoia correctly shows the changed name of the Big Sur MacBook Pro, just not its own. This is not new and has persisted over various upgrades. I can only assume it comes from the same place the name in "System Settings > General > About" comes from, i.e. some default name, which could be changed in previous iterations of the new System Settings (if I remember correctly), but, for some reason, has been made ineditable with only the "Name" field underneath left for change. The problem with that is that one won't easily be able to know the difference, when there are several notebooks ("MacBookPro") connected to the network. Additionally, iPhones also show the correct name - "MBP-M1Max" - in their AirPort Utility apps. **Update:** I travelled to Germany with the same computer and connected to my network there, which consists of a Fritz!Box router with an AirPort Express in cabled Bridge mode, creating its own network and the name is shown as it should be as "MBP-M1Max", if I connect to it.

On my Mac, I am trying to set my DNS servers so that they are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 at my house, while at school they are the router default (they block google's public DNS) How can I set up my DNS servers to be configured differently for each wireless network? note: router configuration at my home is not an option. I am running:
macOS 10.12.3 16D32 Sierra
MacBook Pro 13" w/ 4 Thunderbolt 3

Previously you could use the the *airport prefs* command to edit things like *RequireAdminNetworkChange* and *RequireAdminPowerToggle* (WiFi > Advanced > Require administrator authorisation to change betwork & turn WiFi on and off) With macOS 14 this command is now deprecated and doesn't do anything. What is the "new" way to set these settings (Either by script/command or by configuration profile)

What does AirPlay over WAN do? I have an AirPort Express 802.11n. This was the last generation to hook directly into the outlet.

I just got a new Macbook Air and a new Airport Extreme, both of which support 802.11ac. Is there an easy way to tell if my Macbook Air is connecting to the Airport Extreme via 802.11ac? Relatedly, can I tell if I'm connecting at 5GHz band or 2.4GHz band? I've already done a speedtest, and the results are inconclusive.

I am the author of the wifi-wand Ruby gem and command line application that reports and modifies wifi networking information on the Mac (https://github.com/keithrbennett/wifiwand) . The airport utility on which many of wifi-wand's commands rely is now deprecated (as of Sonoma 14.4 or thereabouts, I believe), and no longer provides any functionality. (As a side note, is it common to report deprecation and remove the functionality in the same version? This caught me off guard and disabled functionality on which users rely. Or did I miss something?) Can you help me find alternatives that can be run from a command line program, i.e. not GUI apps, that can provide the following functionality that airport provided?: * list the available wifi networks' names * list the available wifi networks' details * disconnect from the currently connected network (without turning off wifi) EDIT: I previously included the 2 below in the above list but found options to networksetup that worked: * report the currently connected wifi network name * report whether or not the wifi is currently turned on I would prefer not to have to use sudo to run any of these; wifi-wand is used in scripting and as a library that other applications can access. Also, asking the users to install another utility (e.g. via brew) is not ideal but would be preferable to nothing at all.

I'm running a Macbook Pro retina 13 inches early 2015 with 16 Go of RAM and a 3,1 GHz intel core i7 on OS X El Captain 10.11.1 I keep having some problems with airportd that crashes really often. Sometimes, when I click on the wifi icon on the menu bar, I have the rainbow crash cursor showing up and the menu is not popping up. Then, my mac starts heating up a lot and slowing down and I can hear a loud fan noise. When I check on the activity monitor, the airportd process is taking a huge amount a RAM and 100 % of the processor (sometimes more !). Actually, blued is also taking almost 50 % of the processor... I have to kill it manually with the activity monitor for it to get back to normal. But the problem is that happens every 20 minutes in average. I don't know what to do, this is really annoying, I beg for your help ! I keep having this in my system.log : Dec 13 15:30:21 3wxmr8aqljon9umcd airportd: SecTaskLoadEntitlements failed error=22 I have that after I kill airportd after a crash: 13/12/2015 16:28:20,755 airportd: SecTaskLoadEntitlements failed error=22 13/12/2015 16:29:35,668 com.apple.xpc.launchd: (com.apple.airportd) Service exited due to signal: Killed: 9 13/12/2015 16:29:35,777 airportd: _ipv6Request: Unable to attach IPv6 on awdl0 (File exists) 13/12/2015 16:29:35,865 airportd: airportdProcessDLILEvent: en0 attached (up) 13/12/2015 16:29:36,141 airportd: _ipv6Request: Unable to attach IPv6 on awdl0 (File exists) 13/12/2015 16:29:37,229 airportd: _createP2PDeviceInterface: Failed to create P2P device interface for en0 (Operation already in progress) 13/12/2015 16:29:38,877 locationd: wifi scan failed with error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.airportd" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.airportd} 13/12/2015 16:29:46,759 airportd: SecTaskLoadEntitlements failed error=22 13/12/2015 16:29:46,761 airportd: SecTaskLoadEntitlements failed error=22 13/12/2015 16:29:46,761 airportd: WARNING: AvStats (526) is not entitled for com.apple.wifi.scan, temporarily allowing request with background priority —— all entitlement requirements will be strictly enforced in a future release

My AirPort Express is showing a permanent orange light. Every ~5 minutes it blinks green once and after this I get continuos yellow. The AirPort device is connected via LAN to my Linksys WRT-160NL router that is configured with DHCP enabled - is supposed to give and IP to the AirPort. The AirPort is undiscoverable via LAN or WiFi. If I try the hard reset procedure, all I get is flashing yellow led after few seconds but no other effects.

My objective is to determine the IP address for Ethernet on a device. But assuming that there are connections like WiFi and USB Ethernet, is there a particular way just to get the Ethernet IP ? On a shell I would do networksetup -listallhardwareports which would give me a mapping of Hardware Port to Device. From that I would grep the device for Hardware Port: Ethernet and then use ifaddr struct to get my IP. I know the ifaddr part, please suggest how to do the first part programmatically. Also, is there an alternative approach ?

I have a script that used to fetch the name of my active wifi connection and, depending on which SSID is connected, it starts some services. But since I updated to MacOS 15, that stopped working.

networksetup -getairportnetwork en0

just returns You are not associated with an AirPort network. (but it clearly is connected). I also tried sudo wdutil info en0 as an alternative but this will just return SSID : (also it requires to run with elevated privileges, which I would like to avoid). I tried airport as an alternative, bat has been deprecated and stopped working all together a number of macOS updates ago. So, is there any way to get networksetup to return real values again? Or any other way to get the name of the active wifi connection in terminal / scripts (without installing additional software)?

I picked up an Airport Express before they disappeared from the market, with the objective of using its audio-out to connect remotely to a HiFi. My set-up is as follows: - Time Capsule connected to cable modem. Internet + Wifi + time machine working properly. - New, not yet hooked, Airport Express. I gave up after many failed attempts using AirPort Utility (under High Sierra 10.13.6 on a MacBook Pro) to extend the network: "An unexpected error occurred. Try again." Connecting the Airport Express using Ethernet to its LAN line, I created an independent WiFi network. Now I can AirPlay form iOS just fine. I can also AirPlay from the MacBook **but** only after I switch from the Time Capsule's Wifi to the Airport Express's Wifi. How can I extend the network? I've tried resetting the unit by disconnecting power, holding the reset button for 10 seconds, and then reconnecting power while the reset button is still pressed; as well as switching Wi-Fi TCP/IP to "Link-Local Only" under "Configure IPv6". I vaguely have the sense that it all worked nicely until I hit the "update firmware" red button for the Airport Express. Is there a way to regress the firmware?

One of a sudden encounter with laggy internet, as follows: - ping of 1.1.1.1 rised from 12 to 120, with connection speed go down - some packet loss, and - ping spikes from time to time. To check if it is a hardware issue i booted from live cd and under linux (parrot OS) all works flawlessly - ping is 12 ms as was before on macos. What i try to do: - reboot router and mac - reset nvram - delete wifi connection from system preferences - delete setting files from -

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

- disable AWDL - disable roaming (not sure it actually disable AWDL) - disable bluetooth next step i think to perform is OS re-installation, any help appreciated

I am trying to manually change the channel of my M1 Macbook Air's wifi interface en0 from the command line. I understand this was previously possible using the airport CLI utility, but that's now deprecated. Using it produces the following message: > WARNING: The airport command line tool is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. > For diagnosing Wi-Fi related issues, use the Wireless Diagnostics app or wdutil command line tool. Examination of the sparse wdutil man page reveals no obvious way to do this, and as far as I can tell, Wireless Diagnostics is a GUI only tool.

I'm using several AirPort Extremes to create a wireless network for a large amount of devices. One AirPort is advertised to support 50 devices, so I'm using 4 AirPorts currently for 200 devices. My setup consists of 1 AirPort in DHCP and NAT mode, and the remaining AirPorts in Bridge mode. Now, I'd like to extend the network capacity to 400-ish devices. One issue I see is that _AirPort Utility_ only supports setting DHCP ranges within a /24 subnet, meaning that there is a maximum of around 250 devices possible. It is important that all devices share the same subnet, because the used application requires UDP broadcasts to communicate with other peers. It is also important that roaming (i.e. moving around in the room and reconnecting to other base stations without disconnects) is possible. This works fine with my 4 AirPort setup so far. **What is the preferred way to create a larger than default subnet (e.g. /23) using Apple AirPort Extreme?**