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Fix: Add Wi-Fi toggle workaround for macOS Sonoma 14.4+ (#43) #48

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18 changes: 5 additions & 13 deletions index.js
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Expand Up @@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ const quote = require('shell-quote').quote
const zeroFill = require('zero-fill')
const Winreg = require('winreg')

// Path to Airport binary on macOS 10.7+
const PATH_TO_AIRPORT = '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport'

// Windows registry key for interface MAC. Checked on Windows 7
const WIN_REGISTRY_PATH = '\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}'

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -274,21 +271,16 @@ function setInterfaceMAC (device, mac, port) {

if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
if (isWirelessPort) {
// Turn on the device, assuming it's an airport device.
// Turn off the device, assuming it's an airport device, to disassociate from any
// networks and then turn it back on so we can change the MAC.
try {
cp.execSync(quote(['networksetup', '-setairportpower', device, 'off']))
cp.execSync(quote(['networksetup', '-setairportpower', device, 'on']))
} catch (err) {
throw new Error('Unable to power on wifi device')
throw new Error('Unable to power cycle wifi device')
}
}

// For some reason this seems to be required even when changing a non-airport device.
try {
cp.execSync(quote([PATH_TO_AIRPORT, '-z']))
} catch (err) {
throw new Error('Unable to disassociate from wifi networks')
}

// Change the MAC.
try {
cp.execSync(quote(['ifconfig', device, 'ether', mac]))
Expand All @@ -302,7 +294,7 @@ function setInterfaceMAC (device, mac, port) {
cp.execSync(quote(['networksetup', '-setairportpower', device, 'off']))
cp.execSync(quote(['networksetup', '-setairportpower', device, 'on']))
} catch (err) {
throw new Error('Unable to set restart wifi device')
throw new Error('Unable to restart wifi device')
}
}
} else if (process.platform === 'linux') {
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