We are looking to get BSSID value for a wifi network from terminal as this needs to be used in automation script.Currently when running /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I ,it gives BSSID value as blank and only if we run with sudo, it provides the value.
Can we get this value without sudo?
Do you always want the BSSID for the current wireless network in use? If so, you can get it without sudo using the following syntax.
ioreg -l -n AirPortDriver | perl -lne 'print $1 if $_ =~ /IO80211BSSID.*<(.*)>/;' | fold -w2 | paste -sd: -
The result will be in the format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Do you always want the BSSID for the current wireless network in use? If so, you can get it without sudo using the following syntax.
ioreg -l -n AirPortDriver | perl -lne 'print $1 if $_ =~ /IO80211BSSID.*<(.*)>/;' | fold -w2 | paste -sd: -
The result will be in the format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Thanks @VikingOSX.I am able to get the bssid using this command.Its really helpful.I will do some more testing on by including this in our automation script and post here again if I face any further issue.
Errata: result will be in the format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
How can we get the BSSID value for a wifi network without sudo