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Admin at 05:36, 27 January 2016

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	This page contains handy instructions for doing things with wireless cards on the Mac.		This page contains handy instructions for doing things with wireless cards on the Mac.

			=Hold Down the Option Key=

			Hold down the option key when you click the wireless icon in the top right. You'll see a secret menu with goodies like your MAC address, wireless network interface name, and a wireless diagnostics menu item.

	=Airport utility=		=Airport utility=

Admin: /* Airport utility */

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Airport utility

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	(that's a capital i flag, as in Information) will print out information about your current wireless card, your mac address, your data rates, your encryption, your signal strength, etc.		(that's a capital i flag, as in Information) will print out information about your current wireless card, your mac address, your data rates, your encryption, your access point and its signal strength, etc.

	=Sniff a channel=		=Sniff a channel=

Admin: /* Airport utility */

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Airport utility

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	Now you can use the airport utility as a stand-in for the usual Linux networking utilities.		Now you can use the airport utility as a stand-in for the usual Linux networking utilities.

			https://www.itdojo.com/osx-airport-cli-tool-not-just-for-airport-aps/

			<pre>
			$ airport -I
			</pre>

			(that's a capital i flag, as in Information) will print out information about your current wireless card, your mac address, your data rates, your encryption, your signal strength, etc.

	=Sniff a channel=		=Sniff a channel=

Admin at 03:36, 27 January 2016

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	sudo airport [interface] -c [channel]		sudo airport [interface] -c [channel]
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Admin at 03:21, 27 January 2016

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	sudo airport [interface] -c [channel]		sudo airport [interface] -c [channel]
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Admin at 03:21, 27 January 2016

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	~~THe~~ syntax for sniffing a channel on a wireless interface is as follows.		The syntax for sniffing a channel on a wireless interface is as follows.

	Start by finding you wireless interface name with ifconfig. The built-in wireless is probably <code>en1</code>. The syntax is:		Start by finding you wireless interface name with ifconfig. The built-in wireless is probably <code>en1</code>. The syntax is:
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	sudo airport [interface] -c [channel]		sudo airport [interface] -c [channel]
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This page contains handy instructions for doing things with wireless cards on the Mac.

=Airport utility=

Start by creating a symlink to the airport utility, a hidden utility that comes with the Mac, somewhere on your path:

<pre>
sudo ln -fs /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/local/bin/airport
</pre>

Now you can use the airport utility as a stand-in for the usual Linux networking utilities.

=Sniff a channel=

THe syntax for sniffing a channel on a wireless interface is as follows.

Start by finding you wireless interface name with ifconfig. The built-in wireless is probably <code>en1</code>. The syntax is:

<pre>
sudo airport [interface] -c [channel]
</pre>