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I need to connect to two WiFi routers at once. Here's why. I have a little Drone made by a company called Parrot. It provides a WiFi hub on 192.168.2.1, and once I connect to it I can send command packets and have it do stuff. But for the project I'm working on I also need a second WiFi connection so I can stream real-time video to the internet and let people control my drone remotely. Cool huh? (I wrote something that exposes the Drone's command packets and provides them as REST calls to the outside world.)
On a Windows 7 box I was able to plug in a little WiFi USB adapter and see both networks and it all worked.
Does the Mac allow two WiFi connections at once? I've tried to use the same WiFi USB on the Mac. And while it is recognized, it doesn't appear to function.
On the Mac, (About This Mac / System Report / Hardware ) I can see the USB NIC:
802.11n WLAN NIC:
Product ID: 0x8179
Vendor ID: 0x0bda (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
Version: 0.00
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Realtek
Location ID: 0x14200000 / 9
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
But on the Network/WiFi tab it only shows the AirPort Extreme:
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 11.0 (1200.25.1)
CoreWLANKit: 12.0 (1200.25.1)
Menu Extra: 12.0 (1200.41)
System Information: 12.0 (1200.3)
IO80211 Family: 12.0 (1200.12.2)
Diagnostics: 7.0 (700.5)
AirPort Utility: 6.3.7 (637.5)
Interfaces:
en0:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x152)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.171.68.1a5)
MAC Address: ac:bc:32:c1:65:37
Locale: FCC
Country Code: X0
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
AirDrop Channel: 149
Auto Unlock: Supported
Status: Connected
And in the System Preferences / Network it only shows the one network adapter available:
On a Windows 7 box I was able to plug in a little WiFi USB adapter and see both networks and it all worked.
Does the Mac allow two WiFi connections at once? I've tried to use the same WiFi USB on the Mac. And while it is recognized, it doesn't appear to function.
On the Mac, (About This Mac / System Report / Hardware ) I can see the USB NIC:
802.11n WLAN NIC:
Product ID: 0x8179
Vendor ID: 0x0bda (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
Version: 0.00
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Realtek
Location ID: 0x14200000 / 9
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
But on the Network/WiFi tab it only shows the AirPort Extreme:
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 11.0 (1200.25.1)
CoreWLANKit: 12.0 (1200.25.1)
Menu Extra: 12.0 (1200.41)
System Information: 12.0 (1200.3)
IO80211 Family: 12.0 (1200.12.2)
Diagnostics: 7.0 (700.5)
AirPort Utility: 6.3.7 (637.5)
Interfaces:
en0:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x152)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.171.68.1a5)
MAC Address: ac:bc:32:c1:65:37
Locale: FCC
Country Code: X0
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
AirDrop Channel: 149
Auto Unlock: Supported
Status: Connected
And in the System Preferences / Network it only shows the one network adapter available: