{"id":575,"date":"2016-02-04T16:23:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T16:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2016-02-04T16:23:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T16:23:35","slug":"mac-geeklet-for-network-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/mac-geeklet-for-network-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac GeekLet for Network Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a network person running a Mac I find it hand to know what IP my various connections have, in addition to some other info. \u00a0In order to do this, I use a program called Geektool<\/a> . Once you have GeekTool up and going you can add the following code into a new Geeklet.<\/p>\n

!\/bin\/bash
\nvarSSID1=`system_profiler SPAirPortDataType | grep -A 2 -e \"Current Network Information:\" | tr '\\n' ' ' | tr ':' ' ' | awk '{print $4}'`
\nvarCHAN1=`system_profiler SPAirPortDataType | grep -e \"Channel: \" | awk '{print $2}'`
\nvarEXTERNAL1=`curl --connect-timeout 5 -s http:\/\/checkip.dyndns.org\/ | grep \"Current IP Address\" | awk '{print $6}' | cut -f 1 -d \"<\"`
\nvarEXTERNALv6=`curl --connect-timeout 5 -s http:\/\/checkipv6.dyndns.org\/ | grep \"Current IP Address\" | awk '{print $6}' | cut -f 1 -d \"<\"`
\nvarWIRED1=`ifconfig en0 | grep \"inet \" | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`
\nvarWIREDv6=`ifconfig en0 | grep \"inet6 \" | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`
\nvarWIRELESS1=`ifconfig en1 | grep \"inet \" | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`
\nvarWIRELESSv6=`ifconfig en1 | grep \"inet6 \" | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`
\nvarSSL1=`ifconfig jnc0 | grep \"inet \" | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`<\/code><\/p>\n

if [ “$varEXTERNAL1” != “” ]
\nthen
\necho “External : $varEXTERNAL1”
\nelse
\necho “External : INACTIVE”
\nfi<\/p>\n

if [ “$varEXTERNALv6” != “” ]
\nthen
\necho “External : $varEXTERNALv6”
\nelse
\necho “External : INACTIVE”
\nfi<\/p>\n

if [ “$varWIRED1” != “” ]
\nthen
\necho “Wired : $varWIRED1”
\nelse
\necho “Wired : INACTIVE”
\nfi<\/p>\n

if [ “$varWIREDv6” != “” ]
\nthen
\necho “WiredV6 : $varWIREDv6”
\nelse
\necho “WiredV6 : INACTIVE”
\nfi<\/p>\n

if [ “$varWIRELESS1” != “” ]
\nthen
\necho “AirPort : $varWIRELESS1 SSID: $varSSID1”
\nelse
\necho “Airport : INACTIVE”
\nfi<\/p>\n

if [ “$varWIRELESSv6” != “” ]
\nthen
\necho “AirPortV6 : $varWIRELESSv6”
\nelse
\necho “AirportV6 : INACTIVE”
\nfi<\/p>\n

\"geektool\"<\/p>\n

As you can see in the above screenshot it displays IP addresses (both IPv4 IPv6),external IP, and the Wireless SSID.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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