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Connect to a WIFI Mac OSX
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1. Turn off wifi on your macbook from the Mac OSX terminal command line:

networksetup -setairportpower en0 off

2. Turn on wifi on your macbook from the Mac OSX terminal command line:

networksetup -setairportpower en0 on

3. List available wifi networks from the Mac OSX terminal command line:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport scan

4. Join a wifi network from the Mac OSX terminal command line:

networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 WIFI_SSID_I_WANT_TO_JOIN WIFI_PASSWORD

5. Find your network interface name:

networksetup -listallhardwareports

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