Preventing Tethering to Mobile Phone

@bse_college

Here is a script that I found and use at login, network state change, and every 15. It looks to see if the device is near your school wireless, makes sure the student is connected on the correct wireless network - if not, rejoin them to the network you define in the script. This will not impact students when they are away from school.

Jared

#!/bin/bash

# Monitor and Manage WiFi Networks                      
# Del Brown                                  
# 11/21/16                                
# delonline@icloud.com                     
#                                                            
# Begin Variable Definitions
#Replace WIFINAME with your school WiFi.  Leaving it empty will disconnect from any network.

WifiWhitelist="WIFINAME"

# End of Variable Definitions

# Begin Function Declarations
connect ()
{

for SchoolNetwork in $WifiWhitelist
    do
        #loop through whitelist and connect to whitelisted network found
        echo " Available Network ""$SchoolNetwork"
        networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 "$SchoolNetwork" &>/dev/null
    done
}

disconnect ()
{
echo "Time to disconnect"
# send disconnect command to en0
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -z
#exit 1
}

onSchoolNetwork ()
{
# test to see if the school network has been joined.  You can either use the networksetup command or the airport utility for this

MyWifi=`networksetup -getairportnetwork en0 | awk '{print $4}'`
#MyWifi=`/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport --getinfo | grep " SSID" | awk '{print $2}'`

# Call the disconnect function if a network outside of school is joined
for AllowedID in $WifiWhitelist
    do
        if [ "$AllowedID" == "$MyWifi" ]
            then # Asset is on the school network
            echo "I am connected to the School Network ""$AllowedID"
            exit 1  
        fi
    done

echo "Device is not connected to School Network so disconnect and reconnect to the school"
disconnect
connect
exit
}


atSchool ()
{
WifiAvailable=`/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -s | awk '{print $1}'`
# test to see if the Asset is at school by scanning for school networks and see if one is the school
for ScannedNetworks in $WifiAvailable
    do
        for SchoolNetwork in $WifiWhitelist
            do
                if [ "$SchoolNetwork" == "$ScannedNetworks" ]
                    then
                        AssetAtSchool="Yes"
                        echo "The Device is at school"
                        return
                fi
            done
    done
AssetAtSchool="No"
echo "asset is not at school so we don't care and we'll exit"
exit
}

# End Function Declarations

#########################

#program starts here
atSchool
onSchoolNetwork

Thanks!

The script works successfully but the wifi icon in the top menu shows has the exclamation mark in it. Students can browse but are coming to us claiming that they don't have a connection.

Thoughts?

Nice script! We are having the same issues with students using iPads - they tether them to phones to bypass the internal wifi restrictions. Is there a way to disable the ability to tether an iPad please?