Windows 10: How to check exact Wi-Fi signal strength on Windows 10

In a house or apartment, there may be various factors affecting your Wi-Fi signal strength, coverage, and connectivity speeds. If you think your internet connection has slowed down lately, you can check the Wi-Fi signal strength to find out the connection performance.

Before you buy a new router or change the Internet Service Provider (ISP), you should check your Wi-Fi signal strength and determine if the slow performance issue is an issue with the ISP or your router.

In this guide, we’re going to show you the steps to check Wi-Fi signal strength on Windows 10 with Command Prompt, PowerShell, and a Microsoft Store app.

How to check Wi-Fi signal strength using Command Prompt


To check Wi-Fi signal strength on Windows 10 with Command Prompt, follow these steps:

1. Open Start menu.
2. Type “command” and you’ll see “Command Prompt.”
3. Select Command Prompt result.
4. Choose “Run as administrator.”
   
5. In Command Prompt window, enter “netsh wlan show interfaces”.

The above interface command displays your network signal strength as a percentage. Every detail about the connected Wi-Fi network and the network adapter is collected and presented in a table.



As you can see in the above screenshot, the “Signal” field contains the percentage of your Wi-Fi router signal quality.

How to check Wi-Fi signal strength using PowerShell


To check Wi-Fi signal strength on Windows 10 with PowerShell, follow these steps:

1. Right-click on Start menu icon or press Windows+X.
2. Click “Windows PowerShell (Admin).”
3. In the PowerShell window, enter the following command.
4. (netsh wlan show interfaces) -Match ‘^\s+Signal’ -Replace ‘^\s+Signal\s+:\s+’,”

The above PowerShell command gives you the exact Wi-Fi signal strength of your router.



Use Wi-Fi Analyzer apps from the Microsoft Store


Windows also allow you to determine your Wi-Fi signal strength with third-party apps. In Microsoft Store, there are many free Wi-Fi analyzer apps and they are very easy to use.

Our favourite app is “WiFi Analyzer”, which can be downloaded for free from the Microsoft Store. The app provides a vast range of data for networks and it also allows you to monitor and manage wireless networks in your area.



Based on the Wi-Fi signal, you can troubleshoot network issues.

If your signal strength is consistently below 60%, the Wi-Fi has gotten sluggish and you should consider changing the router placement. For optimal performance, the router should be in the center of your house, if possible.

Or you can also use any Wi-Fi analyzer app from the Microsoft Store apps to see what channels neighbouring Wi-Fi networks are using.

For instance, if your and most of the networks in your area are using channel 11, you are going to encounter signal congestion. This can be fixed if you or the router automatically choose the least congested channel. If your routers choose a predefined channel, you can fix it by manually selecting other available channels such as 1 or 6.

There are many other ways to get a faster wireless network performance at home. You can either knock down a few walls in your house or buy a new set of network hardware such as the router or Wi-Fi 6 adapter for your computer.

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problem in checking signal strength of wifi

Hi Nitin kishan Sharma,



Being able to see your Wi-Fi signal strength from the home screen sounds like a pretty useful function. I would encourage you to make a feature request directly to the Windows Phone Development Team at

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions. Many features requested here have been added in the past and if you suggest the Wi-Fi signal strength to show on the icon it may be added to future OS releases.



Regards,

 

problem in checking signal strength of wifi

Hi Nate,

thanks for the reply,

As per my concern there should be a signal strength icon in place of Wi-Fi turned-on icon.

If this kind of basic functionality is not provided by the Microsoft, then we have only option to use the app which will be shortcut of WI-FI and will display connection and signal strength.

 

problem in checking signal strength of wifi

Hi Nitin kishan Sharma,



Thank you for posting to the Microsoft Community. I understand that it can be inconvenient to have to go in to the phone's Wi-Fi settings to see the signal strength when you'd like to be able to see it from the home screen.



The icon at the top of the home screen is just meant to show if Wi-Fi is turned on or off and doesn't change based on signal strength. I did some research to see if there were any apps that would display the signal strenth in a Live Tile. I was able to find
a few apps centered around Wi-Fi but none of them seem to display the signal strength on the Live Tile; though many of them do function as a shortcut directly to the Wi-Fi settings.



While this option may not be exactly what you want it will certainly make it easier to get to the settings and check the signal strenth. If you'd like to have a look at the apps for Wi-Fi you can find them at

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/search?q=Wi-Fi or by searching for "Wi-Fi" in the marketplace on your phone.



Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.



Regards,