Windows Networking Tools

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WindoWs Built-in netWorking tools

To drill down further you can select a WLAN command such as

Add and, no pun intended, add it to the prior netsh wlan command,

entering netsh wlan add/?, as shown in the following example.

C:\Users\Gil>netsh wlan add/?

e following commands are available:

Add Filter Add a wireless network into the wireless allowed

or blocked list

Add Profile Add a WLAN profile to specified interface on

the system

To obtain an appreciation for the use of WLAN-related commands

we need to create a profile. However, prior to creating a profile you

should first determine the name(s) of the wireless interfaces on tar-

geted computers as well as the status of those interfaces. To do so you

could use the netsh interface command, as shown below ...