Re: Which framework for Wifi?
On May 27, 2008, at 11:28 PM, J. Scott Tury wrote: And in 10.5.2 the -x command line option does not work at all Hrm... That's odd and disturbing. But not *quite* true. :) I'm using 'airport -x -s' in my little network jumper app to list networks in range, which--I just checked--*does* still give XML plist output in 10.5.2. So it's not completely gone. But like you say, the -x flag seems to be gone for everything else now. I hadn't noticed that. (Was it ever there? I can't remember ever playing with it although I'm sure I must have.) *Sigh* The wonderful world of hacking around where you're not welcome. -Pete ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which framework for Wifi?
Which Apple framework would I use to interact with the wireless settings? I need to be able to get a list of the current visible networks, change networks, etc. from within my app. Howard Shere http://www.livejournal.com/users/realgreendragon/ Altair 8800a to Mac OS X so far... ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which framework for Wifi?
On May 27, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Howard Shere wrote: Which Apple framework would I use to interact with the wireless settings? I need to be able to get a list of the current visible networks, change networks, etc. from within my app. The System Configuration framework: http://developer.apple.com/ documentation/Networking/Conceptual/SystemConfigFrameworks/ Although I'm not certain it allows you to get a list of the current visible networks. At least it's a starting point for that sort of thing. Cheers, Ken ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which framework for Wifi?
There is a private command line utility at the path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/ Current/Resources/airport Calling it with NSTask works. If there's a better way I'd love to know it. It will give XML output with the right flag (-x) so it's quite useable. You can use it to check network signal levels and get a list of visible networks, you can join networks, create WPA keys from passwords, restore user settings (which never quite works, when I do it), etc. All the documentation that I know of that exists for this utility can be found by calling it with the -h flag: -z--disassociate Disassociate from any network -i[arg] --ibss=[arg] Create IBSS -x--xmlPrint info as XML -s[arg] --scan=[arg] Perform a wireless broadcast scan. Will perform a directed scan if the optional arg is provided -rarg --repeats=arg Repeat the command the specified number of times -A[arg] --associate=[arg] Associate to network. Will prompt for network name if arg is not specified and if necessary, for a password if the network is using WEP or WPA. The following additional arguments may be specified with this command: --bssid=arg Specify BSSID to associate with --password=arg Specify a WEP key or WPA password -I--getinfoPrint current wireless status, e.g. signal info, BSSID, port type etc. -Parg --psk=arg Create PSK from specified pass phrase and SSID. The following additional arguments must be specified with this command: --ssid=arg Specify SSID when creating a PSK -c[arg] --channel=[arg]Set arbitrary channel on the card -h--help Show this help Which is to say, there's no real documentation that I know of. -Pete On May 27, 2008, at 6:25 PM, Howard Shere wrote: Which Apple framework would I use to interact with the wireless settings? I need to be able to get a list of the current visible networks, change networks, etc. from within my app. Howard Shere http://www.livejournal.com/users/realgreendragon/ Altair 8800a to Mac OS X so far... ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/pete %40glossysheep.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which framework for Wifi?
There is a private command line utility at the path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/ Current/Resources/airport One word of warning about using this utility: it's output seems to change between OS builds (at least major ones)... So be prepared to update this code, and test it on different OS versions. I've noticed the output is actually different for certain values between 10.4 and 10.5. And in 10.5.2 the -x command line option does not work at all, so you'll have to write a parser for the output. But then again it's probably the most supported utility you have available to you at this point in time. If this utility isn't enough for you, you can try the alternative, which is to see what other projects use to get this information. One good project to lookup would be MacStumbler. They have a header (Apple80211.h) which may prove useful to you. Scott Tury ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
