Using the Wireless Network Report in Windows 10 and Windows 11

This chart shows the Wi-Fi connection sessions that are available in the report.

Select a section in the chart to go to the corresponding Wi-Fi session shown in the report.

A red circle indicates an error. If you see one, select it to get information about the error.

This shows the date that the report was created and how many days it covers.

This contains details about your computer. It includes:

• The computer name
• The computer manufacturer 
• The computer product name 
• The BIOS date 
• The BIOS version 
• The operating systems build 
• The Machine ID
• Information about if its Mobile Device Management (MDM) joined

This contains general information about the person who is signed in to the computer when you run the report. It contains:

• Username, the current user signed in to the computer
• User Domain, the domain the computer is joined to
• User Domain Name Server (DNS) Domain

This section contains a detailed list of all the network adapters on your computer (This includes any hidden adapters):

• Device: The friendly name of the adapter
• Plug-and-play ID: The ID that the computer uses to identify the adapter
• GUID: The unique identifier of the adapter on your computer
• Current driver version: The current version of the driver the adapter uses
• Driver date: What is the date that the driver was installed
• DevNode flags
• Problem number: If there is a problem with your adapter, the problem number is listed

• IPConfig /all Shows detailed information about the state of the adapters on the computer. This includes:
  • The physical (MAC) address
  • The IP address
  • The DNS server if Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is enabled
  • And so on
• NetSh WLAN Show All Shows detailed information about your Wi-Fi adapter including:
  • The adapter’s capabilities
  • The Wi-Fi profiles on your computer (not including security keys or passwords)
  • A list of the Wi-Fi networks that were found when you ran the report.
• CertUtil -store -silent My
Certutil -store -silent -user My Contains a list of the current certificates on your computer.
• Profile Output A detailed list of all the Wi-Fi profiles stored on your computer. Security keys and passwords are encrypted and are not displayed.

Session Success and Failures

A summary of the successes, failures, and warnings that are reported for the different Wi-Fi sessions.

Disconnect Reasons

It lists the different reasons that you were disconnected from the Wi-Fi network.

Session Durations

A chart that shows how long each of the following sessions lasted.

Wireless Sessions

All the Wi-Fi events associated with each Wi-Fi session:

• Interface name, friendly name for the adapter
• Interface GUID, a unique identifier for the adapter
• Connection Mode, how your device connects to the network (For example: Manual, Auto with a profile, and so on.)
• Profile, the profile used in the connection (when a profile is used)
• Service Set Identifier (SSID), the name of the Wi-Fi network
• Basic Service Set (BSS) Type, the type of network (For example: Infrastructure, Independent (ad hoc), or any (either Infrastructure or Ad hoc).)
• Session Duration, how long the session lasted
• Disconnection Reason why you were disconnected
• Events, all the Wi-Fi events for this session

To get more info about an event, select it. These events are color-coded and can help you to diagnose problems. The summary chart has a definition for each of the different colors.