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Add new WiFi Profil on Windows (Powershell)
<#
.SYNOPSIS
.DESCRIPTION
This script add WiFi Profile to (first) WLAN Adapter. Password in profile should be in plain text
.PARAMETER <Parameter_Name>
.INPUTS
Path to WiFi Profile
.NOTES
Version: 1.0
Author: Robert Rajakone
Creation Date: 23. August 2013
Purpose/Change: Initial script development
.EXAMPLE
Add_Wifi_Profile.ps1 "\\domain.local\netlogon\scripts\wifi_profile.xml"
#>
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $PathToProfileXML
)
Write-Host ""
Write-Host ""
Write-Host ""
$IsAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")
if(-not($IsAdmin)){
throw "Current User has no administrative rights. Restart script as administrator."
}
if(-not(Test-Path $PathToProfileXML)){
throw "Profile file do not exist at give path: $PathToProfileXML"
}
$strDump=netsh wlan show interfaces
$strNameDump = $strDump[3]
$Result = [regex]::match($strNameDump, "^.*Name.*: (.*)$")
$WirlessAdapterName = $Result.Groups[1].Value
if($WirlessAdapterName){
Write-Host "Adapter found: $WirlessAdapterName"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Trying to add Profile"
Write-Host $PathToProfileXML
netsh wlan add profile filename=$PathToProfileXML interface="$WirlessAdapterName"
}else{
Write-Host "No WiFi Adapter found" -ForegroundColor Red
}
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<WLANProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1">
<name>NEW-PROFILE-NAME</name>
<SSIDConfig>
<SSID>
<hex>SOME-HEX-CODE</hex>
<name>WIRELESS-NETWORK-NAME</name>
</SSID>
</SSIDConfig>
<connectionType>ESS</connectionType>
<connectionMode>manual</connectionMode>
<MSM>
<security>
<authEncryption>
<authentication>WPA2PSK</authentication>
<encryption>AES</encryption>
<useOneX>false</useOneX>
</authEncryption>
<sharedKey>
<keyType>passPhrase</keyType>
<protected>false</protected>
<keyMaterial>SCRET-PASSWORD-COMES-HERE</keyMaterial>
</sharedKey>
</security>
</MSM>
</WLANProfile>
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