Analyze the wireless network report

To create the wireless network report

1. In the search box on the taskbar, type Command prompt, press and hold (or right-click) Command prompt, and then select Run as administrator > Yes.

2. At the command prompt, type netsh wlan show wlanreport.
   

   This will generate a wireless network report that’s saved as an HTML file, which you can open in your favorite web browser. The report shows all the Wi-Fi events from the last three days and groups them by Wi-Fi connection sessions. It also shows the results of several network-related command line scripts and a list of all the network adapters on your PC.

Report output

The wireless network report contains the following sections:

• Wi-Fi summary chart: This chart shows the Wi-Fi connection sessions that are available in the report. Select a section in the chart to go to the corresponding Wi-Fi session shown in the report.

  A red circle indicates an error. If you see one, select it to get info about the error.

  
  

• Report Info: Shows the date the report was created and how many days it covers.
  
  

• General System Info: Contains details about your PC. It includes the computer name, system manufacturer, system product name, BIOS date, BIOS version, OS build, Machine ID, and info about if it’s MDM joined.
  
  

• User Info: Contains general information about the person who is currently signed in to the PC. It contains:

  • Username. Current user signed in to the PC.

  • User Domain. The domain the PC is joined to.

  • User DNS Domain.
    
    

• Network adapters: Contains a detailed list of all the network adapters on your PC. This includes any hidden adapters.

  • Device: This is the friendly name of the adapter.

  • PnP ID: The PnP ID the PC uses to identify the adapter.

  • Guid: The Unique identifier of this adapter on your PC.

  • Current driver version: Current driver version the adapter is using.

  • Driver date: The date the driver was installed.

  • DevNode flags.

  • Problem number: If there’s a problem with your adapter, the problem number will be listed here.
    
    

• Script output

  • IPConfig /all: Shows detailed information about the state of the adapters on the system. This includes the physical (MAC) address, IP address, DNS server, if DHCP is enabled, and much more.
    
    

  • NetSh WLAN Show All: Shows detailed information about your Wi-Fi adapter including the adapter’s capabilities, the Wi-Fi profiles on your PC (not including security keys or passwords), and a list of the Wi-Fi networks that were found when you ran the report.
    
    

  • CertUtil -store -silent My & certutil -store -silent -user My: Contains a list of the current certificates on your PC.
    
    

  • Profile Output: A detailed list of all the Wi-Fi profiles stored on your PC. Security keys and passwords are encrypted and aren’t displayed.
    
    

• Summary

  • Session Success/Failures: Summary of the successes, failures, and warnings that are reported for the different Wi-Fi sessions.
    
    

  • Disconnect Reasons: Lists the different reasons you were disconnected from the Wi-Fi network.
    
    

  • Session Durations: A chart that shows how long each of the following sessions lasted.
    
    

  • Wireless Sessions: All the Wi-Fi events associated with each Wi-Fi session.

    • Interface name: Friendly name for the adapter.

    • Interface Guid: Unique identifier for the adapter.

    • Connection Mode: How your device connected to the network—Manual, Auto with a profile, and so forth.

    • Profile: Profile used in the connection (when a profile is used).

    • SSID: The name of the Wi-Fi network.

    • BSS Type: Type of network—Infrastructure, Independent (adhoc), or any (either Infrastructure or Adhoc).

    • Session Duration: How long the session lasted.

    • Disconnection Reason: Reason why you were disconnected.

    • Events: All the Wi-Fi events for this session.

      To get more info about an event, select it. These events are color coded and can help you to diagnose problems. The summary chart has a definition for each of the different colors.