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As of macOS Sonoma 14.4 using "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport --getinfo" no longer returns info about the active Wi-Fi connection. If you want to collect the active SSID for macOS 14.4 or later you can use the wdutil tool and here's an EA to do that: 


 


#!/bin/sh



# EA - ActiveSSID

#

# Note: Using wdutil instead of networksetup so I don't need to know what

# interface is Wi-Fi



# Returns the currently active SSID

activeSSID=$(/usr/bin/wdutil info | /usr/bin/awk '/SSID                 😕 { print $NF }')



echo "<result>$activeSSID</result>"

 

If you didn't want to have so many spaces in your call, you can use 


/usr/bin/wdutil info | /usr/bin/awk '/SSID/ { print $NF }' | head -n 1

This one works for me.


#!/bin/sh


##Get the wireless port ID
WirelessPort=$(networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/Wi-Fi|AirPort/{getline; print $NF}')


##What SSID is the machine connected to
SSID=$(networksetup -getairportnetwork "$WirelessPort" | cut -d " " -f4)


echo "<result>$SSID</result>"

This one works for me.


#!/bin/sh


##Get the wireless port ID
WirelessPort=$(networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/Wi-Fi|AirPort/{getline; print $NF}')


##What SSID is the machine connected to
SSID=$(networksetup -getairportnetwork "$WirelessPort" | cut -d " " -f4)


echo "<result>$SSID</result>"


@daniel_behan As of macOS 14.5 Apple changed 


/usr/bin/wdutil info

to return "redacted" for MAC Address, SSID, and BSSID so calling networksetup as your EA does is currently the only way to get the SSID.


I don't know if whoever at Apple though removing that info from wdutil will do the same to networksetup but here's hoping.

This one works for me.


#!/bin/sh


##Get the wireless port ID
WirelessPort=$(networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/Wi-Fi|AirPort/{getline; print $NF}')


##What SSID is the machine connected to
SSID=$(networksetup -getairportnetwork "$WirelessPort" | cut -d " " -f4)


echo "<result>$SSID</result>"


Is there any way to get the BSSID as well?

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