Can event viewer track which WiFi I was connected to?

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Can event viewer track which WiFi I was connected to?

ST Kate 0

I tend to forget to log in real time whether I was working from home or the office, and which times I worked. I however have to reconstruct this information to report it every month.

For the time spent working, I have found that I can look at Log-On/Log-Off in event viewer and get a good idea. But what if I do not remember where I was? I am using different WiFi networks in both locations, surely it is tracked somehow which one I was connected to?

What would I need to include to build a "custom view" of this (ideally combined in a single view with the log-on/log-off times)?

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JC 3,685 Independent Advisor

Hello,

According to this forum poster(linked below) you should be able to find EventId 4004 “Network State Change Event” which goes active when a network connection is made or re-identified.

Do note that this is a bit of an older post for windows 10 but the event viewer and event IDs are mostly the same between 10 and 11.

Source: Network Connection Event Logs - Microsoft Q&A

Hope this helps,

JC

ST Kate 0 Reputation points

2025-10-30T14:13:53.8166667+00:00

4004 seems to happen about every minute, so it's not quite tracking what I need. But in the same "Applications and Services Logs/Microsoft/Windows/NetworkProfile" I found Event ID 10000 (which pops up first with "Network identification..." in the "Name" of "Event Details", and then a few seconds later again with the WiFi name, which is what I need). So looking good! I just have not found out whether I can make these event details appear in a column of the log, or whether I will need to click on the event every time to see which WiFi was detected.
JC 3,685 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-10-31T16:15:40.2166667+00:00

Glad I was able to point you in right direction

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