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See network connection speed via GeekTool
Authored by: kentmartin on Aug 26, '09 11:41:42AM
I figured people would have a better way to do this - I churned this script out in about 5 mins as I have varying breeds of access point around my flat and was particularly interested in what WiFi speed I am getting. However - airport -l isn't something that my version of airport does:
epona:Downloads kent$ airport -l
airport: invalid option -- l
airport AirPort v.528.1 (528.1.0)
Supported arguments:
 -z        --disassociate       Disassociate from any network
 -i[] --ibss=[]       Create IBSS
 -x        --xml                Print info as XML
 -s[] --scan=[]       Perform a wireless broadcast scan.
				   Will perform a directed scan if the optional  is provided
 -r   --repeats=      Repeat the command the specified number of times
 -A[] --associate=[]  Associate to network.
				   Will prompt for network name if arg is not specified
				   and if necessary, for a password if the network is using WEP or WPA.
				   The following additional arguments may be specified with this command:
                                  --bssid=     Specify BSSID to associate with
                                  --password=  Specify a WEP key or WPA password
 -I        --getinfo            Print current wireless status, e.g. signal info, BSSID, port type etc.
 -P   --psk=          Create PSK from specified pass phrase and SSID.
				   The following additional arguments must be specified with this command:
                                  --ssid=      Specify SSID when creating a PSK
 -c[] --channel=[]    Set arbitrary channel on the card
 -h        --help               Show this help
What does it do for you?

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