Connecting to a specific SSID

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hi guys,

Not sure if I am in the right place, but I am sure this is a beginner question!

I have learnt quite a bit about connecting via Telnet and configuring a remote routerboard 133. (thanks to those that helped!)

I have found a few helpful commands that I execute via Telnet:

notably, /interface wireless scan wlan1 (this shows:)

Mac Address SSID Band Freq Sig NF SNR and RadioName
00:15:6D:93:00:95 TEST 2.4Ghz-b 917 -68 -95 27 SR9Radio


My question is, I have everything configured correctly and I can scan (as above).

In Winbox I can then connect / use this network.

How do I connect via Telnet? Is this command syntax around somewhere:

something like:

/Interface wireless connect SSID=Test ?

Thanks all!

Cheers,
James
Australia

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Greetings!

Hope I understand the question. Once you connect to the wireless network and get an IP, you should be able to use a linux shell or dos command prompt to telnet into the box.

telnet 192.168.0.1

You should get a prompt for a username.
If you have added anything to the firewall filter settings to protect your router, add the address set of your local net as accept.

I would really recommend ssh instead of telnet. Command prompt doesn’t support it tho.

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if you wish to tell the wireless interface to connect to a specific SSID, then just type:

/interface wireless> set wlan1 ssid=whatever

and enable the interface. just type

/interface wireless registragtion-table print

to see where it connected