XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Marian wrote:   
   > Essentially, we get a more full output if we run the netsh command moments   
   > after we force our wifi adapter to reset than if it was already running.   
      
   I added a better output summary. I tried to get a RSSI histogram,   
   but it was just too cumbersome; so I backed off & just added counts.   
      
   It's a bummer that Windows isn't reliable in outputting all the   
   access points nearby in a single command, but this works reasonably.   
      
    @echo off   
    REM This is C:\data\sys\batch\netscan.bat version 2p1   
    REM Logs the fullest list possible of all nearby Wi-Fi APs   
    REM v1p0 20251213 outputs wifi adapter AP cache to a log file   
    REM v1p1 20251213 disconnects/reconnects Wi-Fi, then outputs AP cache   
    REM v1p2 20251213 captures multiple snapshots for the fullest AP list   
    REM v1p3 20251213 captures multiple AP scans with timestamps for each   
    REM v1p4 20251213 build a consolidated summary of the full list of AP's   
    REM v1p5 20251213 count the unique BSSIDs and SSIDs found in the AP scan   
    REM v1p6 20251213 add a summary of BSSIDs and SSIDs found per scan   
    REM v1p7 20251213 add a signal-strength histogram via PowerShell   
    REM v1p8 20251213 separate scan results into files for better counts   
    REM v1p9 20251213 tried to create histogram using PowerShell but failed   
    REM v2p0 20251213 reverted to 1p6 and created tmp files to fix counts   
    REM v2p1 20251213 added per-scan BSSID counts along with the SSID counts   
    REM Note: Without admin, we can only toggle known Wi-Fi profiles   
    REM Note: Use netconnect.bat for a more powerful adapter reset with admin   
      
    setlocal enabledelayedexpansion   
    set ssid=ymca.pool_nomap   
    set "logdir=C:\data\sys\log"   
    if not exist "%logdir%" mkdir "%logdir%"   
      
    for /f %%A in ('wmic os get localdatetime ^| find "."') do set dt=%%A   
    set "ts=%dt:~0,8%_%dt:~8,6%"   
    set "logfile=%logdir%\wifiscan_%ts%.log"   
      
    echo === Wi-Fi scan session started at %date% %time% === >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM 1) Disconnect from current SSID   
    echo [%date% %time%] Disconnecting Wi-Fi...   
    netsh wlan disconnect   
    timeout /t 12 >nul   
      
    echo === Scan A (disconnected state) at %date% %time% === >> "%logfile%"   
    netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid > "%logdir%\scanA.tmp"   
    type "%logdir%\scanA.tmp" >> "%logfile%"   
    echo --- End of Scan A --- >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM 2) Reconnect to target SSID   
    echo [%date% %time%] Reconnecting to %ssid%...   
    netsh wlan connect name=%ssid%   
    timeout /t 15 >nul   
      
    echo === Scan B (after reconnect) at %date% %time% === >> "%logfile%"   
    netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid > "%logdir%\scanB.tmp"   
    type "%logdir%\scanB.tmp" >> "%logfile%"   
    echo --- End of Scan B --- >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM 3) Wait longer for background scan to complete   
    timeout /t 20 >nul   
    echo === Scan C (delayed snapshot) at %date% %time% === >> "%logfile%"   
    netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid > "%logdir%\scanC.tmp"   
    type "%logdir%\scanC.tmp" >> "%logfile%"   
    echo --- End of Scan C --- >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM 4) Build consolidated summary (union of SSIDs and BSSIDs with counts)   
    echo === Consolidated AP Summary (union of all scans) === >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM Unique SSIDs   
    echo --- Unique SSIDs --- >> "%logfile%"   
    type "%logdir%\scanA.tmp" "%logdir%\scanB.tmp" "%logdir%\scanC.tmp" | findstr   
   /R /C:"^SSID" | sort /unique > "%logdir%\ssid.tmp"   
    type "%logdir%\ssid.tmp" >> "%logfile%"   
    for /f %%C in ('type "%logdir%\ssid.tmp" ^| find /c /v ""') do set   
   ssidcount=%%C   
    echo Total unique SSIDs: %ssidcount% >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM Unique BSSIDs   
    echo --- Unique BSSIDs --- >> "%logfile%"   
    type "%logdir%\scanA.tmp" "%logdir%\scanB.tmp" "%logdir%\scanC.tmp" | findstr   
   /R /C:"BSSID" | sort /unique > "%logdir%\bssid.tmp"   
    type "%logdir%\bssid.tmp" >> "%logfile%"   
    for /f %%C in ('type "%logdir%\bssid.tmp" ^| find /c /v ""') do set   
   bssidcount=%%C   
    echo Total unique BSSIDs: %bssidcount% >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM Per-scan SSID counts   
    echo --- Per-scan SSID counts --- >> "%logfile%"   
    for /f %%C in ('findstr /C:"SSID" "%logdir%\scanA.tmp" ^| find /c "SSID"') do   
   set scanAcount=%%C   
    for /f %%C in ('findstr /C:"SSID" "%logdir%\scanB.tmp" ^| find /c "SSID"') do   
   set scanBcount=%%C   
    for /f %%C in ('findstr /C:"SSID" "%logdir%\scanC.tmp" ^| find /c "SSID"') do   
   set scanCcount=%%C   
    echo Scan A SSIDs: %scanAcount% >> "%logfile%"   
    echo Scan B SSIDs: %scanBcount% >> "%logfile%"   
    echo Scan C SSIDs: %scanCcount% >> "%logfile%"   
      
    REM Per-scan BSSID counts (new in v2p1)   
    echo --- Per-scan BSSID counts --- >> "%logfile%"   
    for /f %%C in ('findstr /C:"BSSID" "%logdir%\scanA.tmp" ^| find /c "BSSID"')   
   do set scanAbssid=%%C   
    for /f %%C in ('findstr /C:"BSSID" "%logdir%\scanB.tmp" ^| find /c "BSSID"')   
   do set scanBbssid=%%C   
    for /f %%C in ('findstr /C:"BSSID" "%logdir%\scanC.tmp" ^| find /c "BSSID"')   
   do set scanCbssid=%%C   
    echo Scan A BSSIDs: %scanAbssid% >> "%logfile%"   
    echo Scan B BSSIDs: %scanBbssid% >> "%logfile%"   
    echo Scan C BSSIDs: %scanCbssid% >> "%logfile%"   
      
    del "%logdir%\scanA.tmp" "%logdir%\scanB.tmp" "%logdir%\scanC.tmp"   
   "%logdir%\ssid.tmp" "%logdir%\bssid.tmp"   
      
    echo === Wi-Fi scan session finished at %date% %time% === >> "%logfile%"   
    echo Log written to %logfile%   
    pause   
      
    REM end of C:\data\sys\batch\netscan.bat   
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