How do I write an AppleScript which auto reconnects to Wi-Fi?
Here's a simple Appplescript handler I wrote a while back to solve this exact problem. It pings the OpenDNS server (both of them for redundancy) to check if the internet connection is up. It returns true on success, false on failure. Just copy it into your script, and call it like:
set connected to checkInternetConnection
Then you can put whatever you want to do in an if statement like:
if connected then
-- Do stuff here
end if
The handler:
on checkInternetConnection()
-- Ping the primary OpenDNS server.
try
set pingResult1 to do shell script "ping -c 1 208.67.222.222"
on error
set pingResult1 to ""
end try
-- Check the results returned and return true or false.
set p to number of paragraphs in pingResult1
if p < 5 then
-- Ping another Open DNS server for redundancy.
try
set pingResult2 to do shell script "ping -c 1 208.67.220.2220"
on error
set pingResult2 to ""
end try
set p to number of paragraphs in pingResult2
if p < 5 then return false
else
return true
end if
end checkInternetConnection