Comments on: Terminal Tip: Scan For Wireless Networks. http://www.macgasm.net/2008/03/18/terminal-tip-scan-for-wireless-networks/ Apple Tips, Apple News, Apple Everything. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua Schnell http://www.macgasm.net/2008/03/18/terminal-tip-scan-for-wireless-networks/#comment-305 Joshua Schnell Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:15:48 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/2008/03/18/terminal-tip-scan-for-wireless-networks/#comment-305 The *nix shell was one of the major reasons why I switched from windows to os x a couple years ago. The only things i've found to piss me off... is the inability to switch to passive mode on my wireless card... *shudders* The *nix shell was one of the major reasons why I switched from windows to os x a couple years ago. The only things i’ve found to piss me off… is the inability to switch to passive mode on my wireless card… *shudders*

]]> By: asciilogic aka theshizabox http://www.macgasm.net/2008/03/18/terminal-tip-scan-for-wireless-networks/#comment-304 asciilogic aka theshizabox Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:47:52 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/2008/03/18/terminal-tip-scan-for-wireless-networks/#comment-304 OS X never ceases to amaze. I love the fact that it is a UNIX OS...and can be managed from the command line. As for managing the wireless from the command line...I absolutely love it. Of course, you can use ifconfig to manage the interface...but the ability to manage the "wireless networks" is extremely fascinating...think about it...you could write scripts to manage wireless connections etc... OS X never ceases to amaze. I love the fact that it is a UNIX OS…and can be managed from the command line.

As for managing the wireless from the command line…I absolutely love it. Of course, you can use ifconfig to manage the interface…but the ability to manage the “wireless networks” is extremely fascinating…think about it…you could write scripts to manage wireless connections etc…

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