Netsh Commands for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) in Windows Server 2008 R2
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
The Netsh commands for wireless local area network (WLAN) provide methods to configure 802.11 wireless connectivity and security settings for computers running Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Windows Server® 2008. You can use the Netsh WLAN commands to configure the local computer or to configure multiple computers by using a logon script. You can also use the netsh WLAN commands to view applied wireless Group Policy settings.
Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies profiles are read-only, and cannot be modified or deleted by using Netsh WLAN commands.
Unless otherwise noted in this reference, Netsh commands in Windows Server 2008 R2 provide the same functionality as the Netsh commands in Windows Server 2008.
To run Netsh WLAN commands on computers running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008, you must first install the Wireless LAN Service.
Note
Installing the Wireless LAN Service in Server Manager / Features, adds and starts the WLAN AutoConfig service. WLAN AutoConfig is located in Server Manager/Diagnostics/Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC). To remove the WLAN AutoConfig service from computers running either Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008, you must remove (uninstall) the Wireless LAN Service from Server Manager / Features.
Do one of the following:
In Initial Configuration Tasks, in Customize This Server, click Add Features. The Add Features Wizard opens.
Click Start, and then click Server Manager. In the left pane of Server Manager, click Features, and in the details pane, in Features Summary, click Add Features. The Add Features Wizard opens.
In Select Features, in Features, scroll down the list, select Wireless LAN Service, and then click Next.
In Confirm installation selections, click Install.
In Installation Results, review your installation results, and then click Close.
This section documents the following Netsh WLAN commands:
add filter
add profile
connect
delete filter
delete profile
disconnect
export hostednetworkprofile
Note
The Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hosted Network feature is sometimes referred to as Soft AP.
export profile
refresh hostednetwork
reportissues
set allowexplicitcreds
set autoconfig
set blockednetworks
set blockperiod
set createalluserprofile
set hostednetwork
set profileorder
set profileparameter
set profiletype
set tracing
show all
show allowexplicitcreds
show autoconfig
show blockednetworks
Show createalluserprofile
show drivers
show filters
show hostednetwork
show interfaces
show networks
show profiles
show settings
show tracing
start hostednetwork
stop hostednetwork
Adds a wireless network, by Service Set Identifier (SSID) and network type, to the wireless allowed or blocked list.
Add filter permission={allow|block|**denyall **}**ssid=***WirelessNetworkName *networktype={infrastructure|adhoc}
- Permission
Required. Specifies the permission type of the filter.
- SSID
Required [conditional, see "Remarks"]. SSID of the wireless network.
- Networktype
Required. Specifies the wireless network type.
The ssid parameter is required if permission is allow or block. If permission is denyall, then do not specify the ssid parameter.
add filter permission=allow ssid=WiFiNetwork networktype=infrastructure
add filter permission=block ssid="Wireless Net" networktype=adhoc
add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure
Adds a WLAN profile to the specified interface on the computer.
**add profile filename=**PathAndFileName [[interface=]InterfaceName] [[user=]{all|current}]
- Filename
Required. Specifies both the path to, and name of the XML file containing the profile data.
- Interface
Optional. Specifies the name of the wireless interface on which to add the profile (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command)
- User
Optional. Specifies whether the profile is applied only to the current user or to all users.
The interface parameter is one of the interface names shown by the netsh wlan show interface command. If the interface parameter is specified, the profile is added to the specified interface. If the interface parameter is not specified, the profile is added on all wireless interfaces. There is wildcard support for this parameter. You can use the characters ? and * to replace a letter and letters of the interface name, respectively.
The user parameter, if unspecified, applies the profile to all users.
add profile filename=C:\Users\WirelessUser\Documents\profile1.xml interface="Wireless Network Connection"
add profile filename="C:\Wireless Profiles\WiFi Profile.xml" interface=w*
Connects to a wireless network by using the specified parameter.
**connect name=**ProfileName [[ssid=]WirelessNetworkName] **interface=**InterfaceName
- SSID
Optional [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies the SSID of the wireless network.
- Name
Required. Specifies the name of the wireless profile to use for the connection attempt, (where ProfileName is the name of the wireless profile, as listed in Manage Wireless Networks, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show profiles command).
- Interface
Required [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies the wireless interface to use for the connection attempt, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
If only one SSID is specified in the profile, then the specified SSID is used to connect, and the ssid parameter is not required. If the profile specifies multiple SSIDs, the ssid parameter is required.
The interface parameter is required only if there is more than one wireless interface on the computer. Wildcard (*) names cannot be used to specify the interface name.
If the specified interface is already connected to a wireless network, this command disconnects the interface from that network, and then attempts to connect to the new network. If the command attempts to connect to a network to which the interface is already connected, this command returns a message that the connection was successful, and does not change the state of the wireless adapter.
connect ssid=WiFiNetwork name=Profile1
connect ssid="Wireless Net" name=Profile2 interface="Wireless Network Connection"
Removes a wireless network from the wireless allowed or blocked list.
delete filter permission={allow|block|denyall}** ssid=***WirelessNetworkName *networktype={infrastructure|adhoc}]
- Permission
Required. Specifies the permission type of the filter.
- SSID
Required [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies the SSID of the wireless network.
- Networktype
Required. Specifies whether the wireless network type is adhoc or infrastructure.
The ssid parameter is required, unless the value of the permission parameter is denyall. If the permission parameter is denyall, then the ssid parameter should not be given.
delete filter permission=allow ssid=WiFiNetwork networktype=infrastructure
delete filter permission=block ssid="Wireless Net" networktype=adhoc
delete filter permission=denyall networktype=adhoc
Removes a WLAN profile from one or multiple interfaces.
**delete profile name=**ProfileName [[interface=]InterfaceName] [[key=] clear]
- Name
Required. Specifies the name of the wireless profile to delete, (where ProfileName is the name of the wireless profile, as listed in Manage Wireless Networks, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show profiles command).
- Interface
Optional. Specifies the name of the wireless interface on which to delete the profile, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
- key
Optional. If specified, it must be in the form of “key=clear”. The word “clear” is not case sensitive. Any other string will be ignored. When specified, it means that if a key is present in the profile and the user has administrative privileges on the local computer, then the plain text key is displayed as part of the profile.
If the interface parameter is specified, then the profile is deleted only from the specified interface.
If the interface parameter is not specified, then the profile is deleted from all interfaces on the computer.
The name parameter can have wildcard characters; if multiple profiles having names that match wildcard characters, then all such profiles are deleted. You can use the characters ? and * to replace a letter and letters of the interface name, respectively.
delete profile name="Profile 1" interface="Wireless Network Connection"
delete profile name=Profile2 interface=*
delete profile name="Profile 1" i=* key=clear
Disconnects the specified interface from a wireless network.
**disconnect interface=**InterfaceName
- Interface
Required [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies which wireless interface is used for the disconnect attempt , (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
The interface parameter is required if there is more than one wireless interface on the computer. You can use Wildcard (*) characters in the interface name to specify multiple interfaces.
If the specified interface is not already connected to a wireless network, this command returns a message stating that the disconnection was successful; the state of the wireless adapter does not change.
disconnect
disconnect interface="Wireless Network Connection"
Saves the hosted network profile as an XML file.
export hostednetworkprofile
There are no parameters associated with this command.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- export hostednetworkprofile
Saves WLAN profiles as XML files to the specified location.
**export profile folder=**PathAndFileName [[name=]ProfileName] [[interface=]InterfaceName] [[key=]clear]
- Folder
Optional. Specifies the path and file where the profile XML file is to be saved, and the name to use for the saved file.
- Name
Optional. Specifies the name of the wireless profile to export (where ProfileName is the name of the wireless profile, as listed in Manage Wireless Networks, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show profiles command).
- Interface
Optional. Specifies the name of the wireless interface on which the profile is configured, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
- key
Optional. If specified, it must be in the form of “key=clear”. The word “clear” is not case sensitive. Any other string will be ignored. When specified, it means that if a key is present in the profile and the user has administrative privileges on the local computer, then the plain text key is displayed as part of the profile.
The folder parameter must specify an existing folder that is accessible from the local computer. It can be either an absolute path or relative path to the current working directory. In addition, "." refers to the current working directory, and "." refers to the parent directory of the current working directory. The folder name cannot be a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path.
If the name parameter is specified but the interface parameter is not, then all profiles with the specified name on the computer are saved. Otherwise all profiles on the computer with the specified name are saved.
If both the interface parameter and name parameter are specified, only the specified profile for that interface is saved.
Profiles of specified interfaces are saved in the file name format "InterfaceName ProfileName.xml."
export profile folder=c:\profiles name="Profile 1" interface="Wireless Network Connection"
export profile folder="c:\wifi profiles" name=Profile2 interface=*
Instructs the WLAN service to use a new security key for the hosted network.
refresh hostednetwork key
- key
Parameter key is required.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- refresh hostednetwork key
Generates a WLAN smart trace report, and prepares the smart trace for reporting WLAN issues.
reportissues
There are no parameters associated with this command.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- reportissues
Specifies whether to allow or disallow client computers to store and use shared user credentials for network authentication.
set allowexplicitcreds allow={yes|no}
- allow
Required. The options for parameter allow are “yes” or “no.”
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- set allowexplicitcreds allow=no
Enables or disables WLAN Auto configuration logic on an interface.
set autoconfig enabled={yes|no} **interface=**InterfaceName
- enabled
Required. Specifies whether to set WLAN Auto configuration logic to enabled or disabled.
- Interface
Required. Specifies the name of the interface on which the service has been enabled or disabled, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
This command does not disable the WLAN AutoConfig Service (WLANSVC). When WLAN Auto Config logic is enabled, computers running Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 automatically connect to wireless networks by using the specified interface. By default, autoconfig is enabled on computers running Windows Vista.
If autoconfig is disabled, Windows will not automatically connect to any wireless networks by using the specified interface.
There is wildcard support for the interface parameter. You can use the characters ? and * to replace a letter and letters of the interface name, respectively.
- set autoconfig enabled=yes interface="Wireless Network Connection"
Shows or hides the blocked networks in the visible network list.
set blockednetworks display={show|hide}
- Display
Required. Specifies whether to show or hide the blocked networks in the list of available wireless. See "Remarks."
To view the list of available wireless networks, click Start, click Connect to, and the Connect to a network dialog opens. In Show, select Wireless to display only wireless networks.
- set blockednetworks display=show
The example command specifies that blocked networks are shown in the list of available networks.
Specifies in minutes, the amount of time during which auto connect will not attempt to connect to a network for which the previous connection attempt failed.
set blockperiod [value=]numeric value in the range of 0 - 60
- Value
The parameter value tag is optional, however, a numeric value in the range of 0 – 60 is required; see example commands below.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
Modifies the blockperiod timer. The blocked state is reset upon a manual connection attempt, a session change or a media connect.
set blockperiod value=2
set blockperiod 25
Specifies whether users are allowed to create all-user profiles, regardless of whether they are members of the Administrators group. Users who have membership in the Administrators group can create all-user profiles no matter whether “set createalluserprofile enabled=” is set to “yes” or “no.”
Note
The set createalluserprofile is only available on computers running Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, and Windows Server 2008.
set createalluserprofile enabled={yes|no}
- Enabled
Required. Specifies whether all computer users are allowed to create all user profiles.
If enabled is set to yes, then every user is allowed to create all user profiles. If enabled is set to no, then only users with administrator permissions are allowed to create all user profiles.
- set createalluserprofile enabled=yes
Changes the properties of hosted network, including the SSID of the hosted network, allow or disallow the hosted network to run on the computer, and the user security key that is used by the hosted network.
set hostednetwork [[mode={allow|disallow}] [[ssid=]WirelessNetworkName] [[key=]passphrase] [[keyUsage=]{persistent|temporary}]
- mode
Optional. Specifies whether to allow or disallow the hosted network. The options are “allow” or “disallow”
- ssid
Optional. Specifies the SSID of the wireless network.
- key
Optional. Specifies the security passphrase that is required for connections to the hosted network.
- keyusage
Optional. Specifies whether the user security key is persistent or temporary.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
This command requires local computer administrator privileges.
You can use this command to change the properties of hosted network, including: SSID of the hosted network, allow or disallow the hosted network in the system, and a user security key that is used by the hosted network.
For security reasons, the user security key should contain 8 to 63 ASCII characters (a passphrase), or 64 hexadecimal digits (which represent 32 binary Bytes).
If the parameter keyUsage is specified as persistent, the security key will be saved and used each time the hosted network is started.
If the parameter keyUsage is specified as temporary it will be used only for the current hosted network session, or the next hosted network session if the hosted network is not started upon configuration of the keyusage parameter. Once the hosted network is stopped, the temporary security key will be deleted from the system. By default, if the keyUsage parameter is not specified it is persistent.
set hostednetwork mode=allow
set hostednetwork ssid=ssid1
set hostednetwork key=passphrase keyUsage=persistent
Sets the preference order of a wireless network profile on a wireless network interface.
**set profileorder name=ProfileName interface=InterfaceName priority=**integer
- Name
Required. Specifies the name of the profile to set, (where ProfileName is the name of the wireless profile, as listed in Manage Wireless Networks, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show profiles command).
- Interface
Required. Specifies the name of the interface that has this profile configured, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
- Priority
Required. Specifies the new priority number for the profile. See "Remarks."
If parameter priority is set to 0 or 1, the profile will move to the first position in the list, regardless of whether another profile was previously set to 0 or 1. A lower number means a higher priority. There is no practical limit on the number of profiles you can have on a computer.
- set profileorder name="profile 1" interface="Wireless Network Connection" priority=1
Sets parameters in a wireless network profile.
Note
The set profileparameter is only available on computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008.
**set profileparameter name=**ProfileName [[interface=]InterfaceName] [[authMode=]{machineOrUser|machineOnly|userOnly|guest}] [[ssoMode=]{preLogon|postLogon|none}] [[maxDelay=]1-120] [[allowDialog={yes|no}] [[userVLAN=]{yes|no}] [[fips=]{yes|no}]
- Name
Required. Specifies the name of the profile to set, (where ProfileName is the name of the wireless profile, as listed in Manage Wireless Networks, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show profiles command).
Interface
- Optional. Specifies the name of the interface on which the profile is set, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
- AuthMode
Optional [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies the type of credentials to use for authentication.
- SSOMode
Optional [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies the type of single sign on to be attempted, if any.
- MaxDelay
Optional [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies the timeout value to establish single sign-on connection.
- AllowDialog
Optional [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies whether to allow or disallow a dialog to be shown for prelogon.
- UserVLAN
Optional [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies if the network switches to a different VLAN upon user authentication.
- FIPS
Optional [conditional, see "Remarks"]. Specifies whether to enable or disable Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS) mode.
Parameter name is required; all other parameters are optional, however, regardless of whether parameter interface is specified, at least one other parameter must be specified.
If the parameter interface is specified then only profiles associated with that interface are modified.
set profileparameter name="Profile 1" authMode=userOnly ssoMode=preLogon
set profileparameter name=Profile2 ssoMode=none fips=yes
Changes the profile type for the specified profile. If the parameter interface is specified, then the profile is only changed on that interface.
set profiletype name=ProfileName profiletype={all|current} [[interface=]InterfaceName]
- name
Required. The name of the profile to change.
- profiletype
Required. Specifies the profile type, all users or current-user only.
- interface
Optional. The name of the interface on which the profile is set.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- set profiletype name=Profile1 profiletype=all
Enables or disables WLAN tracing.
set tracing mode={yes|no|persistent}
- Mode
Required. Specifies whether tracing is disabled, enabled and persistent, or enabled and nonpersistent. See "Remarks" for additional information.
If the mode parameter is set to yes, nonpersistent tracing is active until the mode is either set to no or the computer is restarted.
If the mode parameter is set to no, tracing is stopped for either persistent or nonpersistent tracing.
If the mode parameter is set to persistent, tracing will still be active even after the computer is restarted.
- set tracing mode=persistent
Displays the entire collection of information about wireless network adapters, wireless profiles and wireless networks.
show all
There are no parameters for this command.
Displays the entire collection of 802.11 wireless interface information, network information, and wireless settings on the system, including:
Wireless adapter driver information
Wireless interface status
Wireless configuration settings
Wireless network filters
Wireless network profiles list and details
Visible wireless networks
- show all
Displays the global setting whether to permit the use of stored user credentials for 802.1X authenticated network access by the computer when no user is logged on to the computer.
show allowexplicitcreds
There are no parameters associated with this command.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- Show allowexplicitcreds
Displays whether WLAN Auto configuration logic is enabled or disabled
show autoconfig
There are no parameters for this command.
Displays whether WLAN Auto configuration logic is enabled or disabled on each wireless adapter interface.
- show autoconfig
Displays the global setting whether to display or hide blocked networks in the visible network list
show blockednetworks
There are no parameters for this command.
Displays the global setting whether to display or hide blocked networks in the visible network list.
- show blockednetworks
Displays the global setting whether creating all user profiles is allowed for everyone.
show createalluserprofile
There are no parameters associated with this command.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- show createalluserprofile
Displays the properties of the wireless adapter drivers on the computer.
show drivers [[interface=]InterfaceName]
- Interface
Optional. Specifies the name of the interface for which driver information is displayed, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
Shows the 802.11 wireless LAN interface driver information.
The following list summarizes the type of information presented by this command:
Interface name (Wireless Network Connection)
Driver (model and type)
Vendor (manufacturer name)
Provider (driver provider)
Date (the date the driver was written)
Version (driver version number)
INF file (location of driver INF file)
Type (Native Wi-Fi driver or Legacy Wi-Fi driver)
Radio types supported (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum [DSSS], 802.11g, 802.11b)
Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode (WPA2-Enterprise TKIP; CCMP, Wi-Fi Protected Access [WPA]-Enterprise Temporal Key Integrity Protocol [TKIP]; CCMP, WPA2-Personal TKIP; CCMP, WPA-Personal TKIP; CCMP, Open Wired Equivalent Privacy [WEP], Open None, Shared WEP, Shared None)
Authentication supported in ad-hoc mode (Open-WEP, Open-None, Shared WEP)
- show drivers interface="Wireless Network Connection"
Displays the current list of allowed and blocked wireless networks.
show filters [[permission=]{allow|block}]
- Permission
Optional. Specifies whether to show the list of allowed and blocked networks configured on the computer.
If parameter permission is specified, the command displays the list of networks configured on the system that have the specified permission type (allow or block). Otherwise, both the allowed and blocked lists are shown.
show filters
show filters permission=allow
show filters permission=block
Displays the properties and status of the hosted network.
show hostednetwork [[setting=]security]
- setting
Optional. Displays the hosted network security algorithms and user key.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
show hostednetwork
show hostednetwork setting=security
Displays a list of the current wireless interfaces on a computer.
show interfaces
There are no parameters for this command.
Shows the wireless interfaces configured on the computer.
Displayed information includes:
The number of interfaces on the computer
Name (for example, "Wireless Network Connection")
Description (for example, Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter)
GUID (hexadecimal string)
Interface state (connected or disconnected)
- show interfaces
Displays a list of wireless networks that are visible on the computer.
show networks [[interface=]InterfaceName] [[mode=]{ssid|bssid}]
- Interface
Optional. Specifies for which interface the network information is returned, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
- Mode
Optional. Specifies whether to display information for Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID), or Service Set Identifier (SSID).
Displays the wireless networks available to the computer.
If the interface parameter is specified, only the networks visible to the specified interface are listed. Otherwise, all networks visible to the computer are listed.
If the mode=ssid parameter is specified, then information about each visible SSID is listed.
Displayed SSID information includes:
Interface name
Number of visible networks
Network name, by SSID
Network type (infrastructure or ad hoc)
Authentication (Known as "Security type" in the properties of a wireless profile. Security types include WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal, WEP and Open.)
Encryption method (examples include Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)).
If the mode parameter is not specified, only SSIDs are listed.
If the mode=bssid parameter is specified, then information for the visible BSSIDs for each visible SSID is listed.
Displayed BSSID information includes:
Interface name
Number of visible networks
Network name, by SSID
Network type (infrastructure or ad-hoc)
Authentication (Known as "Security type" in the properties of a wireless profile. Security types include WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal, WEP and Open.)
Encryption method (examples include AES and TKIP)
BSSID number (for example, 00:54:96:32:06)
Signal strength (by %)
Radio type (for example, 802.11b)
Channel (radio channel number)
show networks interface="Wireless Network Connection"
show networks mode=bssid
show networks
Displays the global setting that specifies whether to only permit the use of Group Policy wireless profiles to connect to wireless networks for which Group Policy profiles are configured.
show onlyusegpprofilesforallowednetworks
There are no parameters associated with this command.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
- show onlyUseGPProfilesforAllowedNetworks
Displays a list of wireless profiles that are configured on the computer.
show profiles [[name=]ProfileName] [[interface=]InterfaceName] [[**key=**clear]
- Name
Optional. Specifies the name of the profile to display, (where ProfileName is the name of the wireless profile, as listed in Manage Wireless Networks, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show profiles command).
- Interface
Optional. Specifies the name of the interface which has this profile configured, (where InterfaceName is the name of the wireless interface, as listed in Network Connections, or as rendered by the netsh wlan show interfaces command).
- key
Optional. If specified, it must be in the form of “key=clear”. The word “clear” is not case sensitive. Any other string will be ignored. When specified, it means that if a key is present in the profile and the user has administrative privileges on the local computer, then the plain text key is displayed as part of the profile.
Displays the profile data or lists the profiles on the computer.
If the name parameter is specified, then only the content for the specified profile is displayed. If the name parameter is not specified, only the profile name and description are displayed.
If the interface parameter is specified, only the profiles on the specified interface are displayed. If the interface parameter is not specified, all profiles with the specified name are displayed.
Displayed information includes:
All Users or Current User Profile
Profile name
Applied profile (Current User or All Users)
Control options
Connect automatically or connect manually
Visible SSID or hidden SSID
connectivity settings:
Number of SSIDs (listed by number and SSID)
Network type (infrastructure or ad hoc)
Radio type
Vendor extension
Security settings
Number of auth/cipher combinations (for example, auth: WPA2-Enterprise, cipher: TKIP)
Security key
802.1X (enabled or disabled)
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) type
802.1X authentication credential
Cache user information
show profiles name="profile 1" interface="Wireless Network Connection"
show profiles name=profile2
show profiles
Displays the current global settings of the wireless LAN.
show settings
There are no parameters for this command.
Shows the global setting for wireless network service, including whether or not WLAN Auto Config Service is enabled on each interface and whether blocked networks are shown or hidden.
Allow and block filter lists are available by using the show filters command.
- show settings
Displays whether wireless tracing is enabled or disabled.
show tracing
There are no parameters for this command.
Displayed information includes:
Tracing state (enabled or disabled)
If enabled:
Trace log file location (for example c:\Windows\tracing\wireless\wireless.etl)
Tracing configuration (maximum size, file mode, report options).
List of WLAN trace providers that have been enabled.
Trace folder location where additional data will be available after tracing is stopped (for example "c:\Windows\tracing\wireless\").
- show tracing
Instructs the WLAN AutoConfig service to start the hosted network.
start hostednetwork
- ** **
There are no parameters associated with this command.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
This command requires administrator privileges on the local computer.
- Start hostednetwork
Instructs the WLAN AutoConfig service to stop the hosted network.
stop hostednetwork
There are no parameters associated with this command.
This Netsh command is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and cannot be run on computers running Windows Server 2008.
This command requires administrator privileges on the local computer.
- stop hostednetwork