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Managing Wireless Configuration with NETSH

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:34:16 +0000

Today when I was using the netsh command to configure some firewall settings, I noticed that it also has options for WLAN. (Yes you never stop learning). When opening a command prompt and executing NETSH Wlan Help you get the following options.

add            - Adds a configuration entry to a table.
connect        - Connects to a wireless network.
delete         - Deletes a configuration entry from a table.
disconnect     - Disconnects from a wireless network.
dump           - Displays a configuration script.
export         - Saves WLAN profiles to XML files.
help           - Displays a list of commands.
refresh        - Refresh hosted network settings.
reportissues   - Generate WLAN smart trace report.
set            - Sets configuration information.
show           - Displays information.
start          - Start hosted network.
stop           - Stop hosted network.

Scripting HP Wireless Device State

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:20:45 +0000

An old colleague called me up this week (well in fact it was my old boss who has left our company), and told me about an issue they had when deploying an ISP specific Software Package that interacts with the Wireless Devices on their HP notebooks.

The problem was that if the WWAN device has been turned of via the quick launch button by the end user, the software would not install.

Wireless GPO settings for XP

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:49:48 +0000

In the last 2 days i have spend some time in getting Wireless GPO settings applied to a Windows XP client.

I was actually about to describe what i have done to get it working, but just noticed that there is already a similar article published on Technet Magazine related to Vista, so i am not going to rewrite things in detail again.

The Cable Guy Wireless Group Policy Settings for Windows Vista

Wireless Router with Power button

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:34:31 +0000

This is what i have been looking for since a while, about 12 months ago i was actively searching for a Wireless router with a power on/off button, but with no luck.

Yesterday i read a local IT magazine where there was a reference to a Netgrear Wireless Router that has a power on/off button.

I find having a power on/off button very useful for 2 reasons:

Energy saving
Less Wireless signals in the house when not needed

Till now the family just unplugged the power cable , but that isn’t as convenient as just pressing a button, so soon this device will replace our current one.