I have the information from a few wifi networks saved on an android device, is there any way to move this data over to windows 8.1? I have exported the .txt file from android that contains the configuration (plain-text passwords and all), but I am not sure where to put it in windows, and what format it would need to be in.
edit: sample of the wifi configuration file (located at /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf) from an android device:
network={
ssid="Network1"
psk="xxx"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
priority=30
}
network={
ssid="Network2"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP IEEE8021X
eap=PEAP
identity="uname"
password="pword"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
priority=32
proactive_key_caching=1
}
Ideally some way to copy over many of these networks would be preferred, however a manual one-by-one solution would also be acceptable.
update: it seems like the wifi properties in windows are saved as an xml file under: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\Profiles\Interfaces{InterfaceID}{something}.xml
Any info as to a schema or mapping for this xml file would be appreciated.
It is possible to import a wireless network as an xml file, but this has to pass through the netsh command.
Here is for example the file defining a wireless connection using WPA2-PSK AES and specifying the pass-phrase as unencrypted plain text:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<WLANProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1">
<name>SSID-NAME</name>
<SSIDConfig>
<SSID>
<hex>SSID-NAME-in-hex</hex>
<name>SSID-NAME</name>
</SSID>
</SSIDConfig>
<connectionType>ESS</connectionType>
<connectionMode>auto</connectionMode>
<MSM>
<security>
<authEncryption>
<authentication>WPA2PSK</authentication>
<encryption>AES</encryption>
<useOneX>false</useOneX>
</authEncryption>
<sharedKey>
<keyType>passPhrase</keyType>
<protected>false</protected>
<keyMaterial>UNENCRYPTED-PASS-PHRASE</keyMaterial>
</sharedKey>
</security>
</MSM>
</WLANProfile>
The description of all the above xml elements can be found in the Microsoft documentation at:
WLAN_profile Schema Elements.
This xml file can be imported into Windows via the command :
netsh wlan add profile filename="PATH_AND_FILENAME.xml"
Please note that while the pass-phrase can be unencrypted in the imported file, Windows will encrypt it when it places the profile contents in the configuration file, which as you already found is stored in :
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\Profiles\Interfaces\{GUID}\{GUID}.xml
Here each wireless device is represented by a randomly assigned GUID interface name of the form {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}.
Further reading :
Importing and Exporting Windows Network Settings
Exposing the WiFi Password Secrets
Two ways to push WLAN profiles to your Windows devices
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