Netsh start
After opening the command prompt window, type Netsh command, as well as sub-command need in Windows 7. To view or list all subcommands, type Netsh?. To see the context command, you can enter a question mark at the context, for example, NetshWLAN?
Wi-Fi for the virtual command
virtual Wi-Fi is a virtual wireless access point, you This access point can be created in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. This feature has been available in a VirtualWi-Fi program that Microsoft has given up.
you can specify the network name (SSID), but the name will be broadcast to all of the virtual wireless network, you must enable WPA2-PSK encryption. The function of the virtual wireless network is built into a DHCP server, so users will automatically assign an IP address.
To use the virtual wireless network characteristics, the user's wireless network adapter must be used to get the Win7 certified drivers. After detecting the supported adapters, Windows automatically adds a connection to the network connection window called Microsoft's Wi-Fi Microport Adapter.
following are characteristics of this new virtual network related commands:
NetshWLANsethostednetwork: managed network settings for the wireless, using the following parameters:
mode = < BR>
ssid = wireless network name
key = your password
keyUsage =
NetshWLANexporthostednetworkprofile: save the virtual wireless network configuration file is an XML file, use the following parameters:
Folder = path and file name
name = wireless network configuration file
NetshWLANstarthostednetwork: enable and start broadcasting wireless managed network
NetshWLANshowhostednetwork: display settings managed wireless network, including a list of the user is connected
NetshWLANrefreshhostednetwork: set a new virtual WPA2-PSK key for the wireless network. You only need to enter this command and you can use your favorite key.
NetshWLANstophostednetwork: disable and stop the broadcast virtual wireless network.
Remember, Windows does not automatically start the virtual wireless network after restart or resume the computer from hibernation. If you need to start a virtual network, you must do it manually.
software developers must also create front-end utility, or using a virtual wireless network characteristics in its application.
order to take full advantage of the virtual wireless network, you can configure the computer to share with the users to connect to the virtual access point their Internet connection (using Windows Internet Connection Sharing attribute).
To enable Internet Connection Sharing, you need to open the Network Connections window, right-click on a connection to the Internet connection, select "Properties." Then, select the Sharing tab, check Allow other network users to connect via this computer's Internet connection, select Virtual Wireless Network Connection from the drop-down list box, and click OK.
Netsh network shell literally means, in fact, it is a command line utility, first appeared in the Windows2000 operating system, it can help manage network settings in Windows. Since then, Microsoft has continued to improve it, adding some new command sets to it. For example, a set of WLAN commands has been added to Vista and Server 2008 to provide management of 802.11 wireless connectivity and security settings. Now, additional WLAN commands have been added to Win7 and Server2008R2.
Remember that, Netsh command not only allows you to configure the local computer, and allows you to use login script configure multiple computers.
to remember the other hand, the wireless network configuration file is read-only. Such files cannot be modified by using Netsh's WLAN commands, but such files can be imported and exported. The wireless network configuration file can be created and modified through the normal Windows graphical user interface.