Network management has to know the win7 WLAN netsh command introduction (1)

Netsh is a very powerful system built-in commands, not only allows you to configure the local computer, but also allows you to configure multiple computers using login scripts. If you can understand a little general operation, sometimes there will be unexpected help for the administrator. For example, my client's system has done some strategies. A lot of operations must also be done at the command line. Here are a few simple features. Others can refer to the help file of netsh.

Netsh network shell literally means, in fact, it is a command line utility, first appeared in the Windows2000 operating system, it can help manage network settings in Windows. Since then, Microsoft has continued to improve it, adding some new command sets to it. For example, a set of WLAN commands has been added to Vista and Server 2008 to provide management of 802.11 wireless connectivity and security settings. Now, additional WLAN commands have been added to Win7 and Server2008R2.

Remember that, Netsh command not only allows you to configure the local computer, and allows you to use login script configure multiple computers.

to remember the other hand, the wireless network configuration file is read-only. Such files cannot be modified by using Netsh's WLAN commands, but such files can be imported and exported. The wireless network configuration file can be created and modified through the normal Windows graphical user interface.



Netsh start After opening the command prompt window, type Netsh command and subcommand needed. To view or list all subcommands, type Netsh?. To see the context command, you can enter a question mark at the context, for example, NetshWLAN?

Wi-Fi for the virtual command

virtual Wi-Fi is a virtual wireless access point, you This access point can be created in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. This feature has been available in a VirtualWi-Fi program that Microsoft has given up.

you can specify the network name (SSID), but the name will be broadcast to all of the virtual wireless network, you must enable WPA2-PSK encryption. The function of the virtual wireless network is built into a DHCP server, so users will automatically assign an IP address.

To use the virtual wireless network characteristics, the user's wireless network adapter must be used to get the Win7 certified drivers. After detecting the supported adapters, Windows automatically adds a connection to the network connection window called Microsoft's Wi-Fi Microport Adapter.

following are characteristics of this new virtual network related commands:

NetshWLANsethostednetwork: managed network settings for the wireless, using the following parameters:

mode = < BR>
ssid = wireless network name

key = your password

keyUsage =

NetshWLANexporthostednetworkprofile: save the virtual wireless network configuration file is an XML file, using the following parameters:

Folder = path and file name of the configuration file

name = wireless network