The strength of your Wi-Fi signal plays a significant role in determining your data throughput. Fortunately, Windows provides multiple ways to check the strength of your Wi-Fi signal. Here are five places where you can check your Wi-Fi signal strength on a Windows PC.
You can check your Wi-Fi signal strength by clicking on the Wi-Fi symbol in the taskbar corner. This will open a window that displays the strength of your current wireless network as well as other nearby networks.
To check your Wi-Fi signal strength using the Windows Settings, follow these steps:
* Open the Start menu and click on “Settings.”
* Click on “Network & Internet” on the left-hand side and then on “Wi-Fi” on the right-hand side.
* The signal strength will be displayed next to the “Properties of [Wi-Fi name]” icon.
You can also check your Wi-Fi signal strength using the Control Panel. To do this:
* Type “control” in the search field in the taskbar and click on “Control Panel.”
* In the icon view, go to “Network and Sharing Center.”
* The green icon next to “Wi-Fi ([name of your Wi-Fi])” will display the strength of your network reception.
To check your Wi-Fi signal strength using the Command Prompt, follow these steps:
* Enter “cmd” in the search field of the taskbar and open the “Command prompt.”
* Enter the command “netsh wlan show interfaces” and confirm with “Enter.”
* The reception strength will be displayed next to “Signal.”
You can also check your Wi-Fi signal strength using the PowerShell. To do this:
* Type “powershell” in the search field of the taskbar and click on “Windows PowerShell.”
* Enter the command “(netsh wlan show interfaces) -Match ‘^\s+Signal’ -Replace ‘^\s+Signal\s+: ‘,'” and confirm with “Enter.”
* PowerShell will return a simple percentage value.