Allied Telesis AT-WR4500 Connect List, Access List, Submenu level /interface wireless access-list

AT-WR4500 Series - IEEE 802.11abgh Outdoor Wireless Routers	45
RouterOS v3 Configuration and User Guide

To get additional statistics:

[admin@AT-WR4562] interface wireless> registration-table print stats

0 interface=wlan1 radio-name="000C42185C3D" mac-address=00:0C:42:18:5C:3D ap=no wds=no rx-rate="1Mbps" tx-rate="54Mbps" packets=696,4147 bytes=5589,96698 frames=696,4147 frame-bytes=5589,71816 hw-frames=770,4162 hw-frame-bytes=24661,171784 tx-frames-timed-out=0 uptime=3h50m35s last-activity=2s440ms signal-strength=-38dBm@1Mbps signal-to-noise=54dB

strength-at-rates=-38dBm@1Mbps 2s440ms,-37dBm@2Mbps 3h50m35s180ms,- 37dBm@5.5Mbps 3h50m23s330ms,-36dBm@11Mbps 3h45m8s330ms,- 37dBm@9Mbps 3h44m13s340ms,-36dBm@12Mbps 3h43m55s170ms,- 36dBm@18Mbps 3h43m43s340ms,-36dBm@24Mbps 3h43m25s180ms,- 37dBm@36Mbps 3h43m8s130ms,-42dBm@48Mbps 55s180ms,- 41dBm@54Mbps 3s610ms

tx-signal-strength=-43dBm tx-ccq=66% rx-ccq=88% p-throughput=30119 ack-timeout=56 nstreme=no framing-mode=none routeros-version="3.0" ap-tx-limit=0 client-tx-limit=0 802.1x-port-enabled=yes compression=no wmm-enabled=no

[admin@AT-WR4562] interface wireless>

4.3.6 Connect List

Submenu level: /interface wireless connect-list

Description

The Connect List is a list of rules (order is important), that determine to which AP the station should connect to.

At first, the station is searching for APs all frequencies (from scan-list) in the respective band and makes a list of Access Points. If the ssid is set under /interface wireless, the router removes all Access Points from its AP list which do not have such ssid

If a rule is matched and the parameter connect is set to yes, the station will connect to this AP. If the parameter says connect=no or the rule is not matched, we jump to the next rule.

If we have gone through all rules and haven't connected to any AP, yet. The router chooses an AP with the best signal and ssid that is set under /interface wireless.

In case when the station has not connected to any AP, this process repeats from beginning.

Property Description

area-prefix(text) - a string that indicates the beginning from the area string of the AP. If the AP's area begins with area-prefix, then this parameter returns true

connect (yes no) - whether to connect to AP that matches this rule interface (name) - name of the wireless interface

mac-address(MAC address) - MAC address of the AP. If set to 00:00:00:00:00:00, all APs are accepted security-profile(name; default: none) - name of the security profile, used to connect to the AP. If one, then those security profile is used which is configured for the respective interface

signal-range(integer) - signal strength range in dBm. Rule is matched, if the signal from AP is within this range

ssid (text) - the ssid of the AP. If none set, all ssid's are accepted. Different ssids will be meaningful, if the ssid for

the respective interface is set to ""

4.3.7 Access List

Submenu level: /interface wireless access-list

Description

The access list is used by the Access Point to restrict associations of clients. This list contains MAC addresses of clients and determines what action to take when client attempts to connect. Also, the forwarding of frames sent by the client is controlled. Note that is is an ordered list (i.e., checked from top to bottom).