Apple script to turn AirPort on/off?

Is there a way to use Apple script to turn an AirPort Extreme on and off?

I haven't used these tools so I don't know for sure, but doesn't Tiger's parental controls (in the Accounts preference pane) allow you to enable/disable network access by account? Would that work to solve your problem?
EDIT: OK, by starting a new thread I guess you got the same response that I posted for your previous thread. For those interested, this is a continuation of the thread kevin macky, "Account with and without airport internet access", 08:07am Oct 11, 2005 CDT.
If you are interested in trying to automate this, I suggest that you post your question in these areas:
Mac OS X > Mac OS X Technologies > AppleScript
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THx!

Thanks for this. I did google and find a few others before I posted but none of them worked.
This one did work http://www.makiaea.org/post/5993587804 after I changed "en0" to "en1"
THis is working in my MBP:
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Thanks for the help.
1 - yes (see below)
2 - no
3 - yes
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using on/off in this command you should be able to turn the airport on and off.
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chicx wrote:
This is the third time of writing this on your Apple Support Communities!
Not with your current user id.
Far too much uneccesary information in your post, which only confuses things, a vast amount!
Let's start with iTunes.
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chicx wrote:
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I did find that a solution can be found by writing an apple script to turn airport on and off. but my scripting skills aren't good and haven't worked thus far.
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I haven't used these tools so I don't know for sure, but doesn't Tiger's parental controls (in the Accounts preference pane) allow you to enable/disable network access by account? Would that work to solve your problem?
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If you are interested in trying to automate this, I suggest that you post your question in these areas:
Mac OS X > Mac OS X Technologies > AppleScript
Mac OS X > Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger > Automator

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