Windows: WLAN WPA Deployment
to deploy a wlan profile along with WPA2 key (in plain text so be warned!):
1. Create the profile first and then use:
Netsh Wlan Export Profile Name="<<PROFILE NAME>>" key=clear
this dumps an xml in the current working directort with the password in plain text.
2. You can then run:
netsh wlan add profile filename="<<new xml file name>>" user=all
to reimport it on another machine
Other netsh WLAN commands:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/manage-wireless-network-profiles
<div class="table-cell-content">Task</div> | <div class="table-cell-content">Instructions</div> |
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<div class="table-cell-content">Delete a profile </div> | <div class="table-cell-content">At the command prompt, type: netsh wlan delete profile name=”ProfileName” </div> |
<div class="table-cell-content">Show all wireless profiles on the PC </div> | <div class="table-cell-content">At the command prompt, type: netsh wlan show profiles </div> |
<div class="table-cell-content">Show a security key </div> | <div class="table-cell-content">At the command prompt, type: netsh wlan show profile name=“ProfileName” key=clear </div> |
<div class="table-cell-content">Move a network up in the priority list </div> | <div class="table-cell-content">Connecting to a new network and choosing Connect automatically will place it at the top of the list. </div> |
<div class="table-cell-content">Stop automatically connecting to a network within range </div> | <div class="table-cell-content">Tap or click the network in the network list, then clickDisconnect. </div> |
<div class="table-cell-content">Stop automatically connecting to a network that’s out of range </div> | <div class="table-cell-content">At the command prompt, type: netsh wlan set profileparameter name=”ProfileName” connectionmode=manual </div> |