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#Mac OSX Wi-Fi Location Changer

  • Automatically changes the Mac OSX network location when Wi-Fi connection SSID changes
  • Allows having different IP settings depending on the Wi-Fi SSID

Based on http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/locationchanger/
Forked from https://github.com/rimar/wifi-location-changer/

Mountain Lion compatible

##Configuration

Edit locationchanger and change/add locations to be set:

# LOCATIONS 
Location_Automatic="Automatic"
Location_CompanyIntra="Company Intranet"

That's the exact names as they appear under "Location" in OSX's System Preferences -> Network

Edit locationchanger and add/edit SSIDS to be detected:

# SSIDS
SSID_TelekomPublic=Telekom
SSID_Home=PW
SSID_CompanyIntra=CompanyIntraSSID

Edit/Add SSID -> LOCATION mapping to list:

# SSID -> LOCATION mapping
case $SSID in
	$SSID_TelekomPublic ) LOCATION="$Location_Automatic";;
	$SSID_Home          ) LOCATION="$Location_Automatic";;
	$SSID_CompanyIntra  ) LOCATION="$Location_CompanyIntra";;
	# ... add more here

##Installation

Execute:

./install

... or do it manually:

Copy these files:

cp locationchanger /usr/local/bin
cp LocationChanger.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

Should you place the locationchanger script to another location, make sure you edit the path in LocationChanger.plist too.

Make locationchanger script executable:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/locationchanger

Load LocationChanger.plist as a launchd daemon:

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/LocationChanger.plist

##Logfile

Logfile location can be adjusted in locationchanger:

exec &>/usr/local/var/log/locationchanger.log

See log in action:

tail -f /usr/local/var/log/locationchanger.log

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