the idea is when a client instal his CPE ,with RB133 for example,automatic get connected to any
ssid starting with wlxxx
do you konw wich will be the parameter in ssid=??
Thks
You can setup a list of xxx SSIDs to connect, but i don’t think it supports something like % or *, wildcards. if you find a way let me know!
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You can setup a list of xxx SSIDs to connect, but i don’t think it supports something like % or *, wildcards. if you find a way let me know!
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Could you please tell me how to set up the list of SSID’s to connect, or point me in the right direction? I run a ‘diagnostic_script’ that helps when a highsite goes down and comes up again to make sure things like DHCP leases are properly renewed etc. I would be nice to implement something that could connect to the next strongest SSID aswell.
Regards
Leon
see the connect-list tab under wireless. leave SSID blank / unchecked and it will use the connect-list entries.
It would be nice if it supported wildcards but I dont think it does.
Kinda what I found. was hoping for the wildcards.
gmsmstr, sorry i dont understand your last reply in this topic…
it means that you have found the wildcard?
No, sorry. I was hoping for a wildcard, as all my APs start with several letters etc. Would have been nice to program up a radio and just send it out with any installer, as long as he/she gets decent signal, bam, connection, and its up and running.
you can use ‘area’ string for AP and ‘area-prefix’ for clients in the connect list. You you can add a connect-list entry where you can specify in the are-prefix, for example, “wlan” and it will connect to any AP with an area strings starting with “wlan” (wlan111,wlanAP,wlanAP123).
Cool! That sound like what I have been looking for.. I am going to try it!
(And use it in a script…)
Regards
Leon
Just a update—
I did just complete a project in witch we needed the clients to hop between APs. They are going to be fixed inistallations in most cases, so they will put it up, see if they can see AP1 if not the next and so on. But, it will automatically connect to anything with the prefix using the method above.