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When Public WiFi (like Airport) wont re-prompt for login
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| // Based on answer from Gareth here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/88396/forcing-the-wifi-password-entry-dialogue-to-display | |
| // | |
| #> ifconfig | |
| // this will give you a list of MAC addresses | |
| // or | |
| #> sudo ifconfig en0 | |
| // will give you a specific MAC address (you will be prompted for your system's admin password | |
| /* For example: | |
| en0: flags=8321<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 | |
| ether 22:41:41:5a:a1:10 // <!-- !! This is the number you want | |
| inet6 fe80::10eb:cb59:bf46:9978%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x8 | |
| inet 172.20.28.137 netmask 0xffffc000 broadcast 172.20.63.255 | |
| nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD> | |
| media: autoselect | |
| status: active | |
| */ | |
| // Then change your MAC address so it forces a re-login when you open the browser | |
| // Here I changed the ...:10 to ...:11 | |
| #> sudo ifconfig en0 lladdr 22:41:41:5a:a1:11 |
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