Get-WLANs

A PowerShell module for Windows that retrieves detailed information about nearby Wi-Fi networks, with a focus on signal strength metrics.

Overview

This module leverages Windows' Native Wifi wlanapi.h to provide information about nearby wireless networks, particularly RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) values that aren't accessible through standard netsh commands.

Requirements

• Host running Windows operating system
• Wireless NIC installed on the host
• PowerShell 3.0 or higher

Use Cases

• Network diagnostics and troubleshooting
• Signal strength monitoring

Install from PowerShell Gallery

You can install Get-WLANs from the PowerShell Gallery (PSGallery).

Install-Module -Name Get-WLANs
Import-Module Get-WLANs
Get-WLANs

Basic module example

You can sort and format the output of Get-WLANs like this:

# assuming module was installed from PSGallery.
Import-Module Get-WLANs

# run scan, sort by RSSI, and display as a Format-Table
Get-WLANs | Sort-Object -Property RSSI -Descending | Format-Table

# remove module after we're done with it
Remove-Module Get-WLANs

Updating

# if the module is in use
Remove-Module Get-WLANs

# update module with
Update-Module Get-WLANs

# get current version with
Import-Module Get-WLANs
Get-Module Get-WLANs

Known issues

I've documented a few known issues here

License

Project license can be found here