Notes on using CertMgr to install a wireless certificate from the command line

CertMgr

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376553(v=vs.85).aspx

CertMgr is available as part of the Windows SDK (Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit), which you can download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=84091.

The Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 was published on 5/19/2010.

The CertMgr.exe is included among the Security Tools in .NET Framework Tools.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9kh6s92(v=vs.71).aspx

After the Windows SDK Installer launches, you are able to select which components to install. The default installation is 1.7 GB. If you choose to install only the Tools option in the .NET Development group, the installation is reduced to 197 MB.

32-bit CertMgr.exe will be installed to: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SDKsWindowsv7.1Bin
64-bit CertMgr.exe will be installed to: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SDKsWindowsv7.1Binx64

To use CertMgr, the user must be a member of the Administrators group on the system and run the command from an elevated command prompt.

Installing Test Certificates

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff547646(v=vs.85).aspx

The same switches can be used to import the wireless certificate.

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Exporting and importing a wireless network profile

Netsh Commands for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) in Windows Server 2008

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755301(v=ws.10).aspx

Manually configure the wireless network on a machine

Export the wireless network profile from the machine
Open an elevated command prompt
netsh wlan show profiles
(This will display the profiles on interface Wireless Network Connection)
netsh wlan export profile name="homenet" folder="C:UsersOliverDownloads"
(Where homenet is the profile name obtained above and the folder is the destination where the XML file containing the settings will be saved)

Import the wireless network profile to a new machine
Open an elevated command prompt
netsh wlan add profile filename="C:UsersOliverDownloadsWireless Network Connection-homenet.xml"
(Where the XML file is the settings file from the export above)