How can you export WiFi settings from Windows 7
Two ways:
Use Netsh.
Use WirelessKeyView by Nirsoft.
Notes:
- This will allow to export or see the wireless keys for stored wireless profiles.
- I don't use OSX so I don't know how you would import the keys.
Netsh solution:
Retrieve a list of wireless profiles:
netsh wlan show profilesRetrieve the detailed profile for a specific wireless profile:
netsh wlan show profiles name=profile_name key=clear
Notes:
key=clear. When specified, it means that if a key is present in the profile and the user has administrative privileges on the local computer, then the plain text key is displayed as part of the profile.- In the following example, the Profile name and Wireless key have been censored.
Example:
F:\test>netsh wlan show profiles Profiles on interface Wireless Network Connection: Group policy profiles (read only) --------------------------------- <None> User profiles ------------- All User Profile : censored F:\test>netsh wlan show profiles name=censored key=clear Profile censored on interface Wireless Network Connection: ======================================================================= Applied: All User Profile Profile information ------------------- Version : 1 Type : Wireless LAN Name : censored Control options : Connection mode : Connect automatically Network broadcast : Connect only if this network is broadcasting AutoSwitch : Do not switch to other networks Connectivity settings --------------------- Number of SSIDs : 1 SSID name : "censored" Network type : Infrastructure Radio type : [ Any Radio Type ] Vendor extension : Not present Security settings ----------------- Authentication : WPA2-Personal Cipher : CCMP Security key : Present Key Content : censored WirelessKeyView solution
WirelessKeyView recovers all wireless network security keys/passwords (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by the 'Wireless Zero Configuration' service of Windows XP or by the 'WLAN AutoConfig' service of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2008.
It allows you to easily save all keys to text/html/xml file, or copy a single key to the clipboard. You can also export your wireless keys into a file and import these keys into another computer.
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License
This utility is released as freeware.
Source WirelessKeyView v1.70 - Recover lost wireless network key
Disclaimer
I am not affiliated with Nirsoft in any way, I am just an end user of the software.
Further Reading
- An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line - An excellent reference for all things Windows cmd line related.
- Netsh Commands for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)