Windows – Connecting to Wireless Network via Command Prompt in Windows 7

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When I click on the network and press 'Connect', nothing happens, and I am down to doing this at the coding level now.

I've tried:

netsh wlan connect name=MOTOROLA-9156F ssid=MOTOROLA-9156F interface="Wireless Network Connection"

And in return I get:

There is no profile "MOTOROLA-9156F" assigned to the specified interface.

Meantime, this network shows up under my networks, and I'm on the network on my brothers computer.

What could I be doing wrong? Thanks!

EDIT:
i made a profile xml file and added it successfully. now, when i run the connect command, it says its connected successfully, but the internet icon shows that it is "Connecting" and then stops connecting. something is very very wrong here. i've put the passphrase inside the network's properties and it doesn't prompt me for one.

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As i explored about this error, i got a similar thread at Microsoft support that somewhat like your problem - Netsh cannot connect to unsecured network - Check this link first .

“If only one SSID is specified in the profile, then the specified SSID is used to connect, and the ssid parameter is not required. If the profile specifies multiple SSIDs, the SSID parameter is required.”

you may use the command netsh as netsh wlan conncet ssid=[Your SSID of the unsecured wireless network] name=[Your current profile name].

The interface parameter is one of the interface names shown by the netsh wlan show interface command

To list SSID, use this command netsh wlan show profiles

Please refer to the section “connect [[ssid=]WirelessNetworkName] name=ProfileNameinterface=InterfaceName”.

Check this one also for reference.

Is there a way to connect to a wlan network (using netsh) without having to create a wlan xml profile?

No. This is not possible using netsh.

In order to use netsh wlan connect the profile name is required (not optional).

netsh wlan connect /?

Usage: connect [name=]<string> [[ssid=]<string>] [[interface=]<string>]

Parameters:

Tag             Value
ssid          - SSID of the wireless network.
name          - Name of the profile to be used in connection attempt.
interface     - Name of the interface from which connection is attempted.

Remarks:

Connect to the wireless network given by ssid using the specified profile. Connection is attempted from the specified interface unless there is only one available interface on the system, in which case, the interface parameter can be omitted.

Parameter profile name is required but ssid is optional. If only one SSID exists in the profile, then this SSID is used to connect. If there are multiple SSIDs in the profile, then parameter ssid is required.

Parameter interface is required if there are two or more available interfaces on the system. When interface is specified, it cannot be a wildcard name.

If the specified interface is already connected to a wireless network, this command will first disconnect from the currently connected network, then attempt to connect to the new network. However, if these two networks are the same this command simply returns success and does nothing.

Examples:

connect name=Profile1 ssid=SSID1
connect name=Profile2 ssid=SSID2 interface="Wireless Network Connection"

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