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How to Find A Wireless Network With Windows Vista

by Nancy Sewell

Things You'll Need:

• Computer with windows Vista
• Active Wireless Card
1.
To be able to find wireless networks with Microsoft Vista, you need to open a command window. To open a command window, click on Start (usually in the lower left hand corner of the screen) and then click on run. In the run box, type in the three letters: cmd then click on the OK button.

2.
When the command window comes up either type in or copy / paste the following command exactly as shown:

netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid

Then hit the enter key.

3.
The command window will list every network your computer could link too and give the following type of information about the network:
SSID: JohnDoeFamily
Network Type : Infrastructure
Authentication : Open
Encryption : WEP
BSSID 1 : 00:14:16:8a:01:03
Signal : 99%
Radio Type : 802.11g
Channel : 6
Basic Rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 6 11 12 24
Other Rates (Mbps) : 9 18 36 48 54


Tips & Warnings

• Only works with Microsoft Windows Vista (or, possibly, newer)