There is a secret feature of Windows 10 that allows you to whitelist wireless networks you have in your neighborhood. It is useful if you have lots of wireless networks in your area with many access points. Every time you connect to your wireless network, you will see a crowded list of SSID (network name). If you create a whitelist for these networks, you will be able to screen and see your own WiFi.
This is how my WiFi network list looks before filtering it:
My own WiFi is SSID01 , and I do not want to see other network names in this list
to. filter the list to show only my own wireless network, we must do the following :.
- Open an elevated command prompt
- Enter the following:
netsh wlan add permission filter = allow ssid = "YOUR SSID HERE" networkType = infrastructure
This will add WiFi to the white list.
For example, in my case, the command should be as follows:netsh wlan add filter permission = allow ssid = "SSID01" networkType = infrastructure
- Repeat the above step for all the WiFi networks you have. If you connect to a different network at work and at home, make sure to whitelist all.
- Now, we need to block the rest of wireless networks "foreigners" who do not belong to you. The command for this is as follows:
netsh wlan add filter permission = = DenyAll networkType infrastructure
You are done! Consult your wireless network list now:
If you decide to cancel the changes, use the following command:
netsh wlan delete filter permission = = DenyAll networkType infrastructure
This will reset the filter option and see all the networks again.
Note that if you wander a lot with your PC and you have to search for wireless networks in different areas, then you must not set up a filter deny if not the connections you want to connect will be hidden! The same can be done in Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
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