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Listing and choosing WLAN access points (base stations) in Mac OS X

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Mar 15, 202613244 views
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Problem

On Mac OS X, it's easy to use the AirPort GUI to list all WLAN networks (SSIDs) and choose one. But how can I list all access points (base stations) within one network, and manually choose one of them based on its MAC address? The reason I'm asking is the all-too-common situation in which one of th…

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Fix for: Listing and choosing WLAN access points (base stations) in Mac OS X

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Mac OS X does not provide a way to whitelist or blacklist APs by BSSID or otherwise. Even if someone were to find/reverse-engineer some private API that could allow a shady tool to specify a BSSID at join time, it still wouldn't help much; since the…

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