Unable to detect SSID after update to MacOS Sonoma 14.4 (23E214)

[akanksha-atrey]

Expected behavior

The package was detecting networks as expected.

Current behavior

After updating to MacOS Sonoma 14.4, the package is not detecting any networks.

Which are the affected features

• [X] node API
• [ ] CLI

Which is your operating system?

MacOS

Environment

MacOS Sonoma 14.4 (23E214)

Version of node-wifi

2.0.16

Steps to Reproduce

try {
    await wifi.init({ iface: null });
    const networks = await wifi.scan();

    console.log(`Found the following SSIDs: ${networks}`)

    return networks;
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error scanning networks:', error);
}

Solutions

Is this a bug or a local issue?

[iogi]

The same problem occurred. This is caused by the airport command used by node-wifi being deprecated in MacOS Sonoma. https://github.com/friedrith/node-wifi/blob/1a4364e67c9789555a00656d35287f0cebb3add8/src/macOS/scan/command.js#L2

[akanksha-atrey]

Yes, I realized that. I figured out a hack using pyobjc modules for CoreWLAN/CoreLocation. Not a pretty way of doing it, but does the job for the time being.

[shaguarger]

I did some research at lunch and found a hint here: https://github.com/friedrith/node-wifi/issues/195#issuecomment-2063874988

Then I found this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78153143/assistance-in-extracting-fields-and-formatting-using-pyobjc-and-corewlan

Maybe there is a way to use this here?

[aljaramillo]

I just wanted to chime in and mention that I am also experiencing this issue on my end. After updating to MacOS Sonoma 14.4 (23E214), my system is unable to detect the SSID. Any insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.

[deanylev]

Obviously trickier but I managed to work around this by writing a native module that calls this method https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corewlan/cwinterface/scanfornetworks(withssid:)?language=objc

It's blocking so be sure to wrap it in a promise/callback, I used a Napi::Promise

[vuvivian]

Yes, I realized that. I figured out a hack using pyobjc modules for CoreWLAN/CoreLocation. Not a pretty way of doing it, but does the job for the time being.

how to do？

[shaguarger]

FYI: There is a way with system profiler. We did a PR in another repo.

https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/pull/937