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Mac Networking from the Command Line

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List network services

> networksetup -listallnetworkservices                                    
An asterisk (*) denotes that a network service is disabled.
Ethernet
10/100M LAN
Thunderbolt Bridge
Wi-Fi

Set a static IP

networksetup -setmanual Ethernet 192.168.0.102 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1

Disable Wi-Fi

Find device:

josh@bun ~ % networksetup -listallhardwareports

#...
Hardware Port: Wi-Fi
Device: en1
Ethernet Address: d0:11:e5:2c:b5:2d

Disable:

networksetup -setairportpower en1 off

Author: joshj

Created: 2026-03-07 Sat 11:05

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