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Archive for July 11th, 2011

Windows: viewing the WiFi networks nearby

Posted by jpluimers on 2011/07/11

Windows contains the versatile netsh command that allows to configure and inspect your network configuration locally or remotely, including WLAN.

One of the things you can do is view the WiFi networks nearby, including all kinds of details not readily visible through the standard Windows UI.

This is the command to do it:

netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid

It shows you information on all WiFi networks nearby, revealing details like this: Read the rest of this entry »

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