Article Number: 000150790
The Windows operating system has numerous logs that can be beneficial when analyzing wireless issue at the customer location. Especially when those issues cannot be replicated in other network environments.
Logs that already exist from prior testing:
WLANAutoconfig.log
file in Event Viewer (If not already compiled into to a CAB file) can be found and saved manually in the Windows Event Viewer:
Wlan-autoconfig
folder.NETSH
script below outputs to the C:\wlogs folder:WLAN-autoconfig
Diagnostic Logging
You can enable the WLAN-autoconfig
Diagnostic log on the System Under test (SUT) prior to future testing. This might help with some more verbose log messages. Use the following instructions.
To enable the diagnostic log:
Wlan-Autoconfig
Wlan-Autoconfig
folder.NETSH
output cab folder.
Netsh
script text for reference: (Copy the text below and paste into a notepad and save the file as ETL.BAT
)
@echo off rem PASTE THIS SCRIPT INTO NOTEPAD AND SAVE AS A .BAT FILE. RT CLICK THE FILE AND RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR. rem DO NOT CREATE DIRECTORY IF IT ALREADY EXISTS if exist c:\wlogs goto SKIPMKDIR mkdir c:\wlogs :SKIPMKDIR rem BEGIN TRACE netsh ras set tracing * enable rem BUNDY, I WOULD LIKE TO DYNAMICALLY GENERATE THE FILENAME wlan001.etl TO AVOID WRITING OVER PREVIOUS LOGS SET file1=1 IF EXIST c:\wlogs\wlan%file1%.etl GOTO nextlog netsh trace start scenario=wlan tracefile=c:\wlogs\wlan1.etl capture=yes persistent=yes maxsize=250 report=yes filemode=append GOTO filedone :nextlog SET /A "file1+=1" IF EXIST c:\wlogs\wlan%file1%.etl GOTO nextlog netsh trace start scenario=wlan tracefile=c:\wlogs\wlan%file1%.etl capture=yes persistent=yes maxsize=250 report=yes filemode=append :filedone rem DISPLAY PROMPT TO PRESS ANY KEY TO STOP THE CAPTURE set /p =Press any key to stop the capture. < nul pause > nul rem STOP TRACE netsh trace stop rem DISPLAY RESULTS AND PROMPT TO HIT ANY KEY BEFORE ENDING pause
Desktops & All-in-Ones, Laptops
10 Oct 2023
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