Script required to automatically connect to specific Wi-Fi network

W10 Tweaker said:

How about, if my PC is sleeping, network connection is disconnected, am I not isolated until I reconnect?

Michael,

You have not been addressing the subject of disconnecting from the network, only connecting to it.

Denis

Try3 said:

Michael,

You have not addressed the subject of disconnecting from the network, only connecting to it.

Denis

I've been wondering about that.

Even though, whenever it returns from sleep, my network connection is disconnected. How can I be certain it is disconnected and remains so while in sleep state without manually disconnecting after use or creating another script to automatically disconnect the network during sleep or hibernate.

Matthew Wai said:

Use a script to check whether connection is available during sleep. However, is it possible to run a script during sleep?

I wonder if it would be wiser to just run a script to disconnect the network connection as it enters sleep, if that's even possible.


How about using 'On Workstation lock' as a trigger in the task scheduler.

W10 Tweaker said:

I've been wondering about that.
Even though, whenever it returns from sleep, my network connection is disconnected. How can I be certain it is disconnected and remains so while in sleep state without manually disconnecting after use or creating another script to automatically disconnect the network during sleep or hibernate.

Michael,

I looked at my internet connection [my phone's WiFi hotspot] after logging out and could see that it was still connected.
I can use the same method to confirm that connections drop off when sleeping.

You have used code to set things up to reconnect automatically when logging on.
- When you resume from sleep, I think nothing happens since your TS task triggers are just for logon & 'On Workstation unlock' [not 'reconnect to user session'].
- So you have done what you said you wanted to do i.e. I was wrong to say there was no difference between what you are doing and just letting it reconnect automatically in the normal way.
- But it is sleeping rather than logging out that achieves this behaviour.
- I do urge you to check your router to see how you might monitor connections & disconnections to confirm that it is all behaving as you think.

Denis

Matthew Wai said:

netsh wlan connect will start the connection.
What is the command for stopping the connection?

netsh wlan disconnect

Matthew Wai said:

Am I right in thinking that my VBScript (in post #8) works, and your CMD/batch script is not needed?

I'll have to check that. It worked fine in Powershell, so should be OK using the Task Scheduler.

Thanks, I would much prefer using your single file than what I have now. I had no idea this would be such a PITA but I have been fiddling with it for awhile.

Try3 said:

Michael,

I looked at my internet connection [my phone's WiFi hotspot] after logging out and could see that it was still connected.
I can use the same method to confirm that connections drop off when sleeping.

You have used code to set things up to reconnect automatically when logging on.
- When you resume from sleep, I think nothing happens since your TS task triggers are just for logon & 'On Workstation unlock' [not 'reconnect to user session'].
- So you have done what you said you wanted to do i.e. I was wrong to say there was no difference between what you are doing and just letting it reconnect automatically in the normal way.
- But it is sleeping rather than logging out that achieves this behaviour.
- I do urge you to check your router to see how you might monitor connections & disconnections to confirm that it is all behaving as you think.

Denis

Thanks Denis, that's excellent info. So just to clarify, you are stating that you observed the network connection disconnect when entering sleep?

That was only an assumption on my part but confirmation would save an addition disconnect script.

Michael,

Yes, sleeping is disconnecting you. You do not need to change anything if that meets your needs.

Denis

Try3 said:

Michael,

Yes, sleeping is disconnecting you. You do not need to change anything if that meets your needs.

Denis

We were typing at the same time.

Thanks for confirming the network disconnect during sleep.