Wifi SSID Archives

WiFi-Direct communication between Mac/Windows and Android

December 25, 2020 Aba Tayler

Question or issue on macOS: Is it possible to let an Android (>4.0) device establish a WiFi-Direct connection with a Mac OS or Windows device?

Python program Airnef stuck while downloading images

December 25, 2020 Andrew Rocky

Question or issue on macOS: I am using Airnef to download pictures from my Canon DSLR camera through python.

Is there any way to access OS X wi-fi data using Python? (Signal strength, for example)

December 24, 2020 Bell Jacquise

Question or issue on macOS: I am just curious whether it would be possible to use any Python tools to poll wi-fi signal strength in OS X. Most of my searches are just yielding Python tools for Linux, but none for OS X.

Getting OSX Connected Wi-Fi Network Name

December 23, 2020 Bell Jacquise

Question or issue on macOS: I need to get the name of the currently connected Wi-Fi SSID on OSX.

using startMonitoringEventWithType: error: in the effort to detect wifi SSID change

December 19, 2020 Aba Tayler

Question or issue on macOS: Apple seems to introduce quite a change with Yosemite and CoreWLAN framework. I would like to use its new API, quoting the header file:

how the new Mac OS AirDrop works

December 17, 2020 Simon Abital

Question or issue on macOS: I am wondering what technologies are used by the new Mac OS AirDrop and if there is a way to use it on windows.

Why wait SIFS time before sending ACK?

December 6, 2020 Jeffrey Schneider

Question or issue on macOS: Question about the MAC-protocol of 802.11 Wifi.

Captive Wifi Popup: Click a link to open Safari

December 3, 2020 Andrew Rocky

Question or issue on macOS: We are having an issue on our network with iOS devices (ipads, iphones etc): After connecting to the SSID, the iphone / ipad immediately opens the Captive Network Assistant (CNA) – it is like a scaled-down browser without navigation buttons etc – that displays our welcome page (ready for the […]

Get SSID in Swift 2

November 30, 2020 Abreonia Ng

Question or problem in the Swift programming language: Im trying to use this code to get SSID

SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork doesn’t work on iOS 12

November 24, 2020 Oceane Wilson

Question or problem with Swift language programming: I have a function that detects the current SSID from the user. Unfortunately this doesn’t work anymore with iOS 12. This means it just jumps over the if let interfaceInfo = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo(interface as! CFString) as NSDictionary? { part. Maybe it’s just a bug or it’s deprecated. I’ve found […]