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command line – How can I view all Wi-Fi network names (SSIDs) in my area in the terminal? – Ask Different

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/24

Despite, or maybe thanks to, being a duplicate I like this [Wayback/Archive] command line – How can I view all Wi-Fi network names (SSIDs) in my area in the terminal? – Ask Different (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Jandroid and [Wayback/Archive] Ray de Groat)

The reason is that unlike similar questions it has a single answer that works on more recent MacOS versions:

system_profiler SPAirPortDataType

I usually amend it with | less for easier browsing.

It means this question skips all kinds of answers with commands that over the course of time Apple has decided to kill and now no longer work or only work as admin:

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How can I make WiFi passwords per-user rather than per-system? – The Old New Thing

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/18

Need to figure out how to script [Wayback/Archive] How can I make WiFi passwords per-user rather than per-system? – The Old New Thing

This is hampered by the first link in the article generating a 404, the text of the link containing soft hyphens, a plain Google Search for script just failing.

Some links that I figured out which should help me:

–jeroen

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GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 Secure Wi-Fi Router On The Go – AC1200 Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router | IPv6 | USB 2.0 | MU-MIMO | 128MB RAM | Repeater Bridge | Access Point-M Mode: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/09

For my link archive a router I bought a few years back: [Wayback/Archive] GL-SFT1200 Secure Wi-Fi Router On The Go – AC1200 Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router | IPv6 | USB 2.0 | MU-MIMO | 128MB RAM | Repeater Bridge | Access Point-M Mode: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories

  • It is USB-C powered (the power brick delivers 3A at 5V, but in reality it uses far less).
  • Mode and reset buttons are behind the antenna (see picture below).
  • It is specced as AC1200, but that’s just theoretical a number.
  • It came with EU and UK plug.

I needed it because from prior experience, I knew GL.iNEt can support a special Wireless Repeater mode where it still functions as a router (hiding the LAN/WLAN behind NAT)

connection method

Two physical drawbacks likely due to the portable nature:

  1. the plastic RJ45 ports are slightly too wide which means that these keep falling out [Wayback/Archive] Inline® Dust cover, for RJ45 socket, color: green, 100pcs. Pack: Amazon.de: Electronics & Photo
  2. no holes in the base to hang it to a wall

One firmware drawback: it shipped with v3.212 for which I could not find release notes. Luckily the firmware v3.215 I upgraded to had: [Wayback/Archive] Firmware v3.215 is released – Technical Support – GL.iNet.

Links to product and manuals (the paper manual are just two thin sheets, but the on-line documentation is OK; I was surprised WireGuard and Tor were supported!):

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Posted in Communications Development, Development, DHCP, Ethernet, GL.iNet, GL.iNET GL-SFT1200, Hardware, Internet protocol suite, Network-and-equipment, Power User, routers, UDP, WiFi, Windows, WinSCP | Leave a Comment »

Do WiFi-cables (German: WLAN-Kabel) exist?

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/21

There is this German joke about “WLAN-Kabel” (WiFi-cable) ** that goes with #Neuland (Germans mocking about Internet and technology still being uncharted territory*).

Yes, they do!

There is [Wayback/Archive] IWLAN RCoax Cable | Industrial Wireless LAN | Siemens Global:

* Neuland

See:

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Posted in Hardware, LifeHacker, Mastodon, Power User, SocialMedia, Twitter, Uncategorized, WiFi | Tagged: , , , | Leave a Comment »

i-am-shodan/USBArmyKnife: USB Army Knife – the ultimate close access tool for penetration testers and red teamers.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/30

Now that I got pointed to this twice (see “Via” below), I need to get one so I can play with it: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – i-am-shodan/USBArmyKnife: USB Army Knife – the ultimate close access tool for penetration testers and red teamers.

Via:

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Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Blue team, Bluetooth, Development, Encryption, ESP32, Hardware, Hardware Development, Hardware Interfacing, Home Audio/Video, HTTPS/TLS security, Infosec (Information Security), Network-and-equipment, Power User, Red team, Software Development, WiFi, Wireshark | Tagged: | Leave a Comment »

SwiftOnSecurity on X: “Fun Fact: Your WiFi access point needs to know what country it’s in because of law about specific radio powers and channels and other functionality. It can be super-complicated! For example, DFS detects radar pulses and switches frequency for safety.”

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/07

Not just for safety: if you keep blasting your WiFi radio at frequencies used by weather radar, you are highly visible on the weather map causing predictions to fail.

[WaybackSave/Archive] SwiftOnSecurity on X: “Fun Fact: Your WiFi access point needs to know what country it’s in because of law about specific radio powers and channels and other functionality. It can be super-complicated! For example, DFS detects radar pulses and switches frequency for safety. “

[WaybackSave/Archive] db.txt – kernel/git/wens/wireless-regdb.git – wens’s fork of wireless-regdb.git

(there are non-fork version of it is as well, but this one is good enough for the point)

Weather radar effect image on the right from

[WaybackSave/Archive] Wes on X: “@SwiftOnSecurity also fun fact: if you set this up incorrectly, you can show up on the weather radar”

[WaybackSave/Archive] GbE3lNkW4AAOb2S.jpg (675×1200)

[WaybackSave/Archive] Tweet JSON

Related: Dynamic frequency selection – Wikipedia

--jeroen

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If you thought you found cheap directional WiFi antennas (2.4GHz or 5Ghz), then think twice

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/07

Nice [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @jhewitt_net on Thread Reader App that started with [Wayback/Archive] Joseph Hewitt on Twitter: “I bought some cheap aliexpress directional 2.4GHz antennas. As expected, they aren’t very good. (A small thread)”:

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Reminder to self: mid-term solution for replacing Ubiquiti access points

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/12/11

Last year, after an already long sequence of doing stupid things, Ubiquiti sued Brian Krebs.

For many this was a reason to think about what to replace their Ubiquiti.

My cloud key had already died, I never installed the USG router, so this is the reminder to see if anything has come up to replace the Unifi access points that is easy to manage in a self-hosted way are powered over ethernet, do the same seamless handover and cooperative WiFi antenna management.

Some links from back then:

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Posted in Cloud Key, Ethernet, Hardware, MikroTik, Network-and-equipment, pfSense, Power User, routers, Ubiquiti, Unifi-Ubiquiti, USG Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway, WiFi | Leave a Comment »

NeverSSL – helping you get online on WiFi networks requiring authentication

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/07/07

[Wayback/Archive] NeverSSL – helping you get online.

What?

This website is for when you try to open Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc on a wifi network, and nothing happens. Type “http://neverssl.com” into your browser’s url bar, and you’ll be able to log on.

How?

neverssl.com will never use SSL (also known as TLS). No encryption, no strong authentication, no HSTS, no HTTP/2.0, just plain old unencrypted HTTP and forever stuck in the dark ages of internet security.

While writing it in 2022, the site would redirect me to http://oldserenewonderousbirds.neverssl.com/online, http://beautifulgrandoldspell.neverssl.com/online and http://majesticsilveroldeclipse.neverssl.com/online, which will change probably each time to deter DNS caching, as per this message when I disabled JavaScript:

⚠️ JavaScript appears to be disabled. NeverSSL’s cache-busting works better if you enable JavaScript for neverssl.com.

Why NeverSSL

Because NeverSSL always uses plain unencrypted HTTP traffic, any captive portal WiFi or wired network can easily sneak in or redirect to authentication.

That way you can logon, after which you can use encrypted HTTPS/SSL/TLS/HSTS traffic.

Via

DNS hijacking can be used too

Leading to the above was this post by b0rk: [Wayback/Archive] how airports lie to you with DNS.

Via:

–jeroen

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Some cool (mostly Dutch) WiFi names (related to my earlier naming posts)

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/22

From [Wayback/Archive] De Leukste Wifinaam van 2021 | NPO Radio 2:

  • It hurts when IP
  • Modem Talking
  • Boogie WonderLAN
  • AIVD afluisterplantenbak
  • WiFinal Countdown
  • Ichbinwifidu
  • Michiel de Router
  • Ziggo Stardust
  • Drop it like it’s hotspot
  • Draadlozing
  • WhyTellMeFi
  • Lekker Wifi
  • Wifi Soerjadi
  • Jodelawifi

My related blog posts:

–jeroen

Posted in Conventions, Development, Fun, Naming Conventions, Network-and-equipment, Power User, Software Development, WiFi | Leave a Comment »

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