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I am using Windows 10 Pro. Often when I run "netsh wlan show networks" it only shows the currently connected WiFi network. Here is the output from that:
Interface name : Wi-Fi
There are 1 networks currently visible.SSID 1 : Island Dreams
Network type : Infrastructure
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Encryption : CCMP
When this happens I have found that if I hover over the WiFi icon in the taskbar I can see all of the available networks. After hovering over the WiFi icon and showing those networks, if I run "netsh wlan show networks" it will now display a list of all of those networks. Here is the output at that point:
Interface name : Wi-Fi
There are 6 networks currently visible.SSID 1 : Island Dreams
Network type : Infrastructure
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Encryption : CCMPSSID 2 : DIRECT-6E-HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
Network type : Infrastructure
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Encryption : CCMP... and so on
If I wait a few minutes and try again netsh will be back to only showing the connected network. And if I hover over the WiFi icon again netsh will once again show all of the networks.
I have verified with a wifi analyzer on my phone that the other networks are always there and have strong signals, even when netsh is only showing the connected network.
Any ideas?
Follow up: I asked three of my co-workers to try the command and it showed all of the available wifi networks for them.
Try in an elevated cmd:
set autoconfig enabled=yes interface="Wireless Network Connection"
. Replace "Wireless Network Connection" with your own adapter name. – harrymc – 2019-06-09T12:47:03.200Thanks for the suggestion. From a cmd prompt as admin I did
netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=yes interface="Wi-Fi"
it responded withAuto configuration has been enabled on interface "Wi-Fi".
That had no effect on the issue. – john va – 2019-06-10T12:39:21.333As a follow-up, I tried disabling autoconfig to see what happened. Here is what
netsh wlan show networks
then reported for the "Wi-Fi" interface:Visible networks cannot be displayed because auto configuration has been disabled on the interface.
So obviously I want autoconfig enabled and it must have been already enabled before. – john va – 2019-06-10T13:00:19.957Strange. I would suggest to check for an update to the network adapter driver, or try another USB adapter for Wi-Fi. – harrymc – 2019-06-10T16:34:56.210