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
  
  

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*
  
  

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"
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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"
  
  

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
  
  

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=*
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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"
  
  

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.

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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"
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

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