How-To Find Your Exact Wi-Fi Signal Strength
By Timothy Tibbetts |
Most of us have become accustomed to the Wi-Fi icon in the system tray to determine our wireless signal strength, but that is just a vague, number of bars. Finding your exact signal strength is possible and often a necessity when diagnosing wireless problems. Here's how.
The simplest way to accomplish this is to download WirelessConnectionInfo from NirSoft. It's free and portable.
Extract the files to a folder and double-click on WirelessConnectionInfo.exe. Under Description scroll down and find Signal Quality (0-100). As you can see in our screenshot, our signal was 99% at the time we first tested.
If you don't want to download an app and are comfortable using the Command-Prompt or PowerShell then here's another easy way.
Assuming you're currently connected to the internet via Wi-Fi, open a Command-Prompt and type in netsh wlan show interface.
Near the bottom, you will see Signal and your percentage, which is again, 99%.
Now you know your exact signal strength.
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The simplest way to accomplish this is to download WirelessConnectionInfo from NirSoft. It's free and portable.
Extract the files to a folder and double-click on WirelessConnectionInfo.exe. Under Description scroll down and find Signal Quality (0-100). As you can see in our screenshot, our signal was 99% at the time we first tested.
If you don't want to download an app and are comfortable using the Command-Prompt or PowerShell then here's another easy way.
Assuming you're currently connected to the internet via Wi-Fi, open a Command-Prompt and type in netsh wlan show interface.
Near the bottom, you will see Signal and your percentage, which is again, 99%.
Now you know your exact signal strength.
Similar:
How to Improve Your Wireless Network Performance
Hide or Block Neighbor's Wi-Fi Networks on Windows
How to See Your Network Adapter Speed in Windows 10
Your Connection Was Interrupted - A Network Change Was Detected - ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED
Windows Can’t Get the Network Settings From the Router
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