Monitor mobile WiFi and reconnect, if not available | Windows | Powershell

pingNow.ps1

# 1) SSID of Wireless Network (CaSe Sensitive)
# netsh wlan show networks
$mySSID = 'Tejas'

# 2) Wireless Profile Name (CaSe Sensitive)
# netsh wlan show profile
$profileName = 'Tejas'

# 3) Name of Wireless Interface (CaSe Sensitive)
# netsh wlan show interfaces
$interfaceName = 'Wi-Fi'


$waitFor = 2
$timeoutIn = 2
$restartCount = 0

For($a=1; ; $a++) {
  Write-Host "Running $a st/nd/rd/th time(s).."
  Write-Host "Reconnected $restartCount st/nd/rd/th time(s).."
  
  ping -n 1 google.com > NULL
  if (!$?)
  {
    Write-Host "Restarting interface.."
    netsh wlan disconnect interface="$interfaceName"
    TIMEOUT $timeoutIn
    netsh wlan connect ssid="$mySSID" Name="$profileName" Interface="$interfaceName"
    TIMEOUT $timeoutIn
    $restartCount++
  }
  
  Write-Host sleeping $waitFor sec
  sleep $waitFor
  cls
}

Credit: http://www.jeremyharlow.net/automatic-wi-fi-connectivity-checker-reconnect-script/
Original post was about making .bat file. I've made it for powerShell.

How to use:

1. Create a new file with any name that you prefer, with .ps1 extention.
2. Paste this code inside that file.
3. Manually run first three commands, i.e:

# 1) SSID of Wireless Network (CaSe Sensitive)
netsh wlan show networks


# 2) Wireless Profile Name (CaSe Sensitive)
netsh wlan show profile


# 3) Name of Wireless Interface (CaSe Sensitive)
netsh wlan show interfaces

4. ...And fill the variables($mySSID, $profileName and $interfaceName) respectively at line number 3, 7 and 11 inside script. And save the file.
5. Finally run the file on Powershell every-time you want to "manage" it, with
   C:\> /path/to/file/<file_name>.ps1

That's it.

If you open powerShell inside the same directory as that of this file:
C:\> ./<file_name>.ps1

Example: ./pingNow.ps1

Hope it's useful 🙂