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Note: Group Policy gives us the option to easily create a WIFI network and push it out to clients under Computer Config-Policies-Windows Settings-Security Settings- Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) policies.
However this will create the networks on clients but it will not let you save the security key if needing to use WPA2-PSK.

Under Security Options, select WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key). Under Security Encryption (WPA-PSK) Passphrase, enter a passphrase. The passphrase may either be a string of 64 hexidecimal digits, or word/phrase of 8-63 ASCII characters. SAVE or KEEP NOTE of the passphrase - it will be required to connect wirelessly to your. Aug 13, 2014  Download WIFI Key Generator (formerly Wifigen) - A simple-to-configure and portable program designed to help you generate WEP, WPA and PSK keys. The Wireshark WPA Pre-shared Key Generator provides an easy way to convert a WPA passphrase and SSID to the 256-bit pre-shared ('raw') key used for key derivation. Type or paste in your WPA passphrase and SSID below. Wait a while. The PSK will be calculated by your browser. Javascript isn't known. WPA, as part of the initial implementation of 802.11i, includes a host of new features designed to patch the gaping holes in the previous wireless encryption and authentication protocol, WEP.Wpa-psk, the less secure version of WPA for those of us who do not have a PEAP authentication server, relies upon a common pre-shared key to initialize the communication.

This tutorial will show you how you can use a group policy to push out predefined WPA2-PSK WIFI networks to your domain clients with the key included.

Key steps:

You can use the Random WEP/WPA Key Generator to generate a random WEP or WPA key. Simply choose the desired key length using the drop-down menu, and one will be generated for you. Simply choose the desired key length using the drop-down menu, and one will be generated for you. A tool to generate a PSK for IPSec without requiring either party to send it to the other party. IPSec Pre-shared Key (PSK) Generator. Pre-shared Key Length.

Setup the desired wifi network(s) on a test computer.
Export the WIFI settings with the SSID and Key info into a XML file.
Use group policy to import the XML and setup the wireless network or if multiple networks importing them in a preferred order.

12 Steps total

Step 1: Create or connect to the wireless network from any domain computer.

Note: If you already have the wireless network created on your machine you can skip to step 6

From your machine go to 'Network and Sharing Center' under control panel and click on the menu option 'Manage wireless networks'.

Step 2: Adding wifi network..

Inside of 'Manage wireless networks' click on the menu option 'Add'

Step 3: Choose to 'Manually create a network profile'

Choose to 'Manually create a network profile'

Step 4: Enter in network details..

In here I'm settings up a example network with a SSID of 'CorpWifi'..Security type is 'WPA2-Personal'..Encryption is 'AES'..and the Security Key for this example will be 'Password2018'. /microsoft-office-professional-plus-2013-key-generator-download.html.

Also I have checked off the 'Start this Connection Automatically'

Step 5: Verify that you have created the connection

In side this step you can click on the 'Change connection Settings' to verify the settings look correct.

After the connection has been created you should connect and verify everything works correctly.

Step 6: Exporting the wireless settings to and xml file

Once you have the correct wifi network and settings configured on your machine its time to export the settings to an xml file for you to use in your GPO you will be creating.

From your computer start a command window with elevated permissions.

Type in:

netsh wlan show profiles

(This will show you all the wireless networks on your machine. You should see the CorpWIFI network in your list.)

Now we will export the CorpWIFI network we created into an XML file and save it on a shared folder on the network.
Type the following to export:

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netsh wlan export profile CorpWIFI folder=yourserveryourshare

This creates a .xml named 'Wireless Network Connection-CorpWifi.xml' in the network directory you entered above.
Now that the xml file has been created, You can now use group policy to push it out to clients.

Step 7: Create a GPO to push out the wifi network to clients

Inside your group policy management console..under Group Policy Objects..right click and add a new Group Policy. For this example I named the GPO 'WIFI Settings New'

Step 8: Right click on the 'WIFI Settings New' GPO and select 'Edit'

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When the group policy editor window opens go to Computer Config-Policies-Windows Settings-Scripts-Startup/Shutdown.

Step 9: Add a startup script.

Double click the Startup option..this brings up a scripts box..click on the add box..In the script name box..click browse.
Inside the browse box right click inside the window and choose 'New' then choose 'Text File'. After you create the text file right click and rename the file to WIFI.bat.
You will get a message asking if you want to change the name and choose yes.

Step 10: Edit the wifi.bat file

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Now add the following line to your wifi.bat file.

netsh wlan add profile filename='yourserveryoursharewireless network connection-CorpWIFI.xml'

Note: If you exported more than one network you can add multiple wifi networks here just add more more netsh statements like above with the corresponding network names.

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Note: If adding multiple wifi networks the script will process the networks as the last one listed in the batch file will be first in your available networks.

After you edit the file when you save the file make sure you choose 'Save As' and in the save as type use 'All Files' and make sure the name is listed as wifi.bat

Step 11: Your startup properties box should look like this..

Step 12: Click OK and now your policy is ready to be deployed out to clients.

Using your group policy management console you can now link this policy to the machines in your network.

Published: Oct 22, 2018 · Last Updated: Jan 14, 2019

11 Comments

Wpa Pre Shared Key

  • Serrano
    TommyBoy Oct 24, 2018 at 02:30pm

    Thank you for a good read!! Enjoyed the detailed 'how to',

  • Tabasco
    NY Y@nkee lady Dec 15, 2018 at 05:26am

    @Richard Marvel Thank you for an excellent write up. It is clear, concise and very understandable. I subscribed to your How To.

  • Datil
    MichaelMTallman Jan 13, 2019 at 10:49pm

    Richard - typo in Step 10 - 'Say As' should be 'Save As' I presume? Other than that, great write-up :)

  • Ghost Chili
    rickmarvel Jan 14, 2019 at 12:25pm

    @michaelmtallman

    Got the typo fixed..not sure how I missed that LOL. Thank you!!

  • Pimiento
    Julez@mbi Feb 28, 2019 at 04:04pm

    While this works, I want to make sure everyone understands the passphrase is being stored in clear text in the xml file.

  • Pimiento
    Bill.Justesen Jun 4, 2019 at 01:32pm

    @Julez@mbi

    The passphrase has been encrypted and converted into cyphertext, not plaintext, since the 'protected' element in the XML file returns TRUE.

    According to Microsoft, '[t]he keyMaterial (sharedKey) element contains a network key or passphrase. If the protected element has a value of TRUE, then this key material is encrypted; otherwise, the key material is unencrypted. Encrypted key material is expressed in hexadecimal form.'

    /nulledto-steam-key-generator.html. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/nativewifi/wlan-profileschema-keymaterial-sharedkey-element

    I'm comfortable with how it is handled.

  • Pimiento
    georgegao Jun 11, 2019 at 08:18pm

    @rickmarvel, thank you for the great article, I was able to follow it and push a wifi profile to Windows 10 laptops, however they won't connect to the WiFi automatically and still prompts for password, when I run 'netsh wlan show profiles' on those laptops, the profile is there but just doesn't work properly. It seems like if I edit the xml file to set the protected element to false and put in the cleartext PSK in the key material, it works, any thoughts? Thanks!

  • Anaheim
    filonowst Jul 3, 2019 at 08:30pm

    First, thanks for the great, helpful writeup!

    Unfortunately I am having the same issue as georgegao including the same workaround. It'd be great if anyone discovers why and posts the fix here!

    Also, any idea how I can make the 'Connect automatically' checkbox active? It was active on the PC I exported the profile from, but I can see in the XML there is no field for this.

  • Anaheim
    TheHarrell Jul 26, 2019 at 06:35pm

    I'm in the same boat as filonowst and georgegao. Also, are there any rights to consider with the storage location of the XML file location?

  • Jalapeno
    P5ntagon Feb 25, 2020 at 11:03am

    Just about to start this process and noticed it had not worked for a few of you, did you find a fix for this?

  • Sonora
    spicehead-s4kwt Apr 12, 2020 at 12:34am

    How can I tie this into active directory for only certain users? For executives and send to their laptops

    ??