Checking if Windows Computer is connected to WiFi via Command Line

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If you wish to know if a Windows computer is connected to WiFi or not via command line, execute below command.

  • WMIC /node:”ComputerName” path WIN32_NetworkAdapter where (NetConnectionID=”Wi-Fi”) get NetConnectionStatus

The above command will return “2” for NetConnectionStatus if WiFi is connected on a Windows Client Computer.

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Nirmal Sharma is a MCSEx3, MCITP and was awarded the Microsoft MVP award in Directory Services and Windows Networking. He specializes in Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Directory Services, Failover Clusters, Hyper-V, PowerShell Scripting and System Center products. Nirmal has been involved with Microsoft Technologies since 1994. In his spare time, he likes to help others and share some of his knowledge by writing tips and articles on various sites.

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1 thought on “Checking if Windows Computer is connected to WiFi via Command Line”

  1. Sayee Subramania

    Hi

    What is the equivalent API for the following netsh command?
    “netsh wlan show interface”

    Thanks
    Sayee

    Reply

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