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Collecting active SSID with macOS Sonoma 14.4 and later

  • March 8, 2024
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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>"

 

Best answer by daniel_behan

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>"

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    • DBrowning
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    • March 8, 2024

    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
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    • daniel_behan
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    • March 11, 2024

    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>"

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    • Jamf Heroes
    • May 29, 2024

    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.

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    • vandan
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    • June 27, 2024

    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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