Mac equivalents: 1.) option-click on the Airport icon in the menu bar to see instantaneous detailed information on the current connection.
2.) Another command-line Mac tool is available at: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport This will give you all sorts of other info. Exploring the options is left as an exercise to the reader. :) > On Nov 29, 2016, at 09:13 , Hector J Rios <hr...@lsu.edu> wrote: > > The first thing I do when I notice WiFi issues on my Windows laptop is to > bring up the WiFi Status window on my wireless adapter. This tells me the > signal quality, the speed, and the SSID I'm connected to. If I select details > (Network Connection Details) I then get more info like IP address and my MAC > address. > > But sometimes we need to know more, right? For that I use the netsh commands. > If I open up my command prompt and type "netsh WLAN show interfaces", I now > have more pieces of information to work with. Of special importance is the > BSSID. This is the MAC address of the WAP I'm connected to. I also get Radio > Type, which indicates which 802.11 protocol my adapter is using for the > current connection. > > If you like this command and want to take it an extra step, you can write the > following script into your favorite text editor: > > :loop > netsh WLAN show interfaces > timeout /t 5 > goto loop > > Save this file as a .bat. When you run it, a command prompt will pop up and > the command will run and refresh every 5 seconds. Now you have a pretty cool > and useful tool to monitor your WLAN adapter. > > Regards, > > Hector > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.educause.edu_groups_&d=CwIFAg&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=ITCdJ8r7Mvmi4B5IfM-uUxBCe5N77i8k9OcsASk91Zg&m=-L1wwgsB2ZdCWkgSdYS6aGquIa2nfRbE84wU3lN7PdM&s=r-9mBELadWUo4mM5z8kRajlEiz1hoklcbzJVpJXr4sE&e= > . -- Julian Y. Koh Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern Information Technology 2001 Sheridan Road #G-166 Evanston, IL 60208 +1-847-467-5780 Northwestern IT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key:<https://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
