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chad_work2001
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Posted - 06/01/2012 :  5:01:25 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Background:
The NETSH command allows one to manage wireless profiles but does anyone know if it allows one to CREATE wireless profiles?

I can create a wireless profile manually through the GUI on a reference computer, and then export it to an .XML file, which I can then use with the NETSH command to configure that network profile on any other system I want, but that's not what I want to do.


Problem: In Windows 7, I want to use the command line in place of the GUI to CREATE a wireless profile. How do I do that?

Thanks,
-Chad

jaxdave
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Posted - 06/04/2012 :  3:44:04 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This article might have what you are looking for....

http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/1180-how-to-configure-wireless-settings-in-windows-7/

cheers,
Dave
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JeffWouters
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Posted - 06/04/2012 :  4:36:47 PM  Show Profile  Visit JeffWouters's Homepage  Click to see JeffWouters's MSN Messenger address  Look at the Skype address for JeffWouters  Reply with Quote
Don't know where I got this from (and please forgive me for providing VB instead of PowerShell) but maybe this can help you:

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService2 = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colAdapters = objWMIService2.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapter")

wirelessfound=False

For Each objAdapter in colAdapters
'msgbox wscript.echo objAdapter.Name & " " & objAdapter.Description & " " & objAdapter.NetConnectionID
if (instr(lcase(objAdapter.Name & objAdapter.Description & objAdapter.NetConnectionID), "wireless") or _
instr(lcase(objAdapter.Name & objAdapter.Description & objAdapter.NetConnectionID), "wlan") or _
instr(lcase(objAdapter.Name & objAdapter.Description & objAdapter.NetConnectionID), "weth0") or _
instr(lcase(objAdapter.Name & objAdapter.Description & objAdapter.NetConnectionID), "802.11")) then

debugecho "Wireless Found: " & objAdapter.Name
wirelessfound = true
exit for
end if
Next

If (wirelessfound) Then
If GetOSVersion = "6.1.7600" Then
wshshell.Run "cmd /c REG.EXE ADD ""HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers"" /v ""C:\Temp\wireless\zwlancfg.exe"" /t REG_SZ /d ""VISTASP2"" /f", 0, 1
wshshell.Run "cmd /c REG.EXE ADD ""HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers"" /v ""C:\Temp\wireless\zwlancfg.exe"" /t REG_SZ /d ""VISTASP2"" /f", 0, 1
WScript.Sleep 2000
End If
wshshell.Run "cmd /c path\to\zwlancfg.exe /ssid:""SSID"" /ct:""ESS"" /mode:""auto"" /auth:""WPA2PSK"" /encrypt:""TKIP"" /keytype:""passPhrase"" /key:"""&encryptedkey&""""
End If

Function GetOSVersion
Dim System
for each System in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_OperatingSystem")
GetOSVersion = System.Version
Next
End Function
Greetsz,
Jeff.
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chad_work2001
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Posted - 06/04/2012 :  4:46:06 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks JaxDave.

The procedure you linked is configuring the profile through the GUI first, and then manipulating it through the command line later.

I'm looking for a way to create the profile through the command line instead of the GUI.

Thanks,
-Chad
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