I hate having to bring up a semi-bloated utility just to see if there are wifi networks available when many times there aren’t any available or open to the public.

I’ve created a quick little utility for Windows Vista that does this for you by making use of the netsh tool. You can just simply run it and press enter to refresh it. This app lets you find wifi networks quickly and easily. If you happen to find one then you can bring up the semi-bloated utility to connect to it.

Download it from here: FindWifi.exe

This is done using the “netsh” command. In Windows Vista the “netsh” command can be used to discover access points using the format below.

netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid

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