Monday, November 1, 2010

Auto on off for OSX airport

This works well for me on a mac mini G4. Substitute 192 for whatever is valid for you. Play with the delays to see what works best.

Also restart your wireless router everyday :) I don't know why this helps.

#!/bin/csh

set n = 0
set t = 120
while ( `/Users/me/helperanet` != 192 )
echo $n
networksetup -setairportpower off
sleep 3
networksetup -setairportpower on
sleep 6
@ n = $n + 1
end

with helperanet being

#!/bin/csh
set stra =( `networksetup -getinfo airport | grep -i ip | grep -i 192 | awk 'BEGIN {RS="."} /192/ {print $3}'` )
echo $stra

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