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Determine Wi-Fi Strength using Windows

October 10, 2019

There will be a time when you will want to connect a device to your Wi-Fi network and it goes horribly bad. Suppose you just bought a new Ring doorbell and it keeps dropping off the network. Do you need to replace your Wi-Fi router or switch from 5.0GHz to the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network? In order to help you with troubleshooting, it sure would be nice if you knew the strength of the Wi-Fi network where the device is located.

It turns out that is pretty easy on a Windows computer. Tech Viral has much more detail in its post, but the short version goes like this. Connect your laptop to the Wi-Fi network and go to where you are having trouble. Open a Command Prompt (in Windows 10 click the Start icon and type CMD). Type the following command: netsh wlan show interface. Towards the bottom of the output list will be the value for Signal, which is your signal strength. There's some other good information returned as well.

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