The signal strength for wireless network connectivity can be checked on a Windows system from the command line using the
netsh
command. From a command prompt issue the command netsh
and when the netsh prompt appears issue the command wlan
and then show interfaces.
C:\Users\JDoe>netsh
netsh>wlan
netsh wlan>show interfaces
There is 1 interface on the system:
Name : Wi-Fi
Description : Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC
GUID : d79cd37a-fe78-482b-b23e-af4953ba9f6b
Physical address : 48:d2:24:68:e1:aa
State : connected
SSID : Haze
BSSID : 94:44:52:5a:54:54
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : 802.11n
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Cipher : CCMP
Connection mode : Auto Connect
Channel : 11
Receive rate (Mbps) : 72
Transmit rate (Mbps) : 72
Signal : 100%
Profile : Haze
Hosted network status : Not available
netsh wlan>The signal strength for the wireless connection is shown on the
Signal line, e.g., 100% in the case above. The wireless
connection is using the 802.11n
wireless network standard, which is one of the
802.11 standards.
