How to connect to WIFI using Mac OS command line

nand
1 min readSep 20, 2018

In cases when your WIFI connection is troubling, you can trouble shoot and debug your connection using below commands.

To List all available WIFI networks, Run:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -s

This command will show something like

Now to connect to any of these available networks. Run:

networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 <SSID_OF_NETWORK> <PASSWORD>

That’s It. Happy Networking!

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