Connect to a Wireless Computer Network (Wifi) Using Command Prompt

At Windows 7 and Vista, there are several enhancements that makes geeky computing great. One of these are WLAN commands to configure your wireless local area network or configure multiple computers using command prompt. Here’s how to connect to a Wifi-Network using command-line program called Netsh.

netsh wlan connect name=tweakui

where tweakui is the name of the wireless network (SSID)…
To unplug the wireless connection

netsh wlan disconnect

The command was very easy, however, in order to use the said tip, you’ll need to create a Network Profile.

How will you make this work?

Easy Way

From the Connection Window located at the right portion of the taskbar, make sure that “Connnect automatically” option is checked and click the "Connect” button. That’s it! It will automatically create a network profile base on its network name or SSID.

How to check if the Network profile is already been created

From “Open Network and Sharing Center” window, click to open “Manage Wireless Networks” Link located at the left pane and make sure that the network profile has been created.

If not, another way is to click the Add option and Manually create the network profile.
Network name:      tweakui
Security type: depends on the network configuration, in this example we’ll use No authentication – which means no passphrase to input before connection.

C:\Users\hp>netsh wlan show interface There is 1 interface on the system:     Name                   : Wireless Network Connection     Description            : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter     GUID                   : 6301e8b5-4429-4504-92e9-e5a4c95bdd46     Physical address       : 00:25:56:4a:84:96     State                  : connected     SSID                   : tweakui     BSSID                  : 1c:af:f7:28:bc:5c     Network type           : Infrastructure     Radio type             : 802.11g     Authentication         : Open     Cipher                 : None     Connection mode        : Profile     Channel                : 9     Receive rate (Mbps)    : 54     Transmit rate (Mbps)   : 54     Signal                 : 2%     Profile                : tweakui

Cool right!? Enjoy!