Wireless associations

I want to list the associations on a wireless access point.
I already have a nice appearance setup to display the number of associations:

# of Assoc: [oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.273.1.1.2.1.1.1")]

But I can see the SNMP info for the devices and using a similar setup as I have for CPU info:

[array_size(oid_column("iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.host.hrDevice.hrProcessorTable.hrProcessorEntry.hrProcessorLoad"))] CPU('s): [oid_column("iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.host.hrDevice.hrProcessorTable.hrProcessorEntry.hrProcessorLoad")]

(This lists the SNMP info for each individual core eg: 10,20,15,10 etc)

But using the same OID_Column function only retrieves the top list item:

[oid_column("1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.273.1.2.1.1.13")]

The list of items from SNMP_Walk are attached.

These are cisco 1242 WAPs - using SNMPWALK I get the list of accociated devices using that OID but I can’t get them all to come back to the appearance page

On a side note, how can I get it to only appear on the hover over popup window?

Thanks,

Jeff
associations1.png

That is a global property, it would be very nice if it was per device but it is not, so if you put the oid on the Settings->map->device appearance->“Tooltip” any device you hover on the oids you add to tool tip will be requested. It doesn’t really matter that they won’t be retrieved by devices that don’t have those oids but it will change the look of the popup.

I put every AP I have on one map and changed the Appearance of the map so that this was on map device label…
Users:[oid(“1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.273.1.1.2.1.1.1”,10 ,29) + oid(“1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.273.1.1.2.1.1.2”,10,29)]
Which is add the 2.4 and 5.8 radios and show it on the device.

I tried to retrieve that oid on a 1142 but it doesn’t exist, I can only list number of associations and not the device that is associated.

My 1142’s do reply with device information when querying that OID.
Weird
I did add a couple of MIBS from Cisco so i don’t know if that might have helped.

A bit annoying about not being able to have it on the popup without it being on all popups - but I will try it anyway to see how it looks on devices without that OID populated.
I have this setup so I can see device movement around out warehouse. (More for diagnosis and identifying deadspots)
As I’ll be having 80 devices going online shortly having them on the label isn’t going to be the best idea :slight_smile:

Also, I’m wondering if it has anything to do with the tiny square at the end of the line item - maybe that is stopping it from moving onto the next item.
Is there a way to strip from either end of a string?

When putting that OID on the popup I do see all devices, but you can see the squares between each item - probably the cause of it not displaying on the label - if I can strip that I might work :slight_smile:
associations2.png

Ok, how about this…

Can you think of any way to present all associations to all access points in one central location, like a simple list or a single label?

All cisco access points, 1240s and 1130s.
So solutions inside and outside the dude are welcomed.

Thanks,

Jeff

I am running IOS not light weight as well as running WLSE and not WCS. So that is probably the difference in the reading.

Oh Maybe RAW will work… [oid_column_raw(“1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.273.1.2.1.1.13”)]

If it is critical for you to somehow have a list of associations I am certain you could solve it with an external but what a pain. There is a post about using execute and running another snmp tool to grab a bunch of stuff then format it for display… I am sure if you get here you will find that post :slight_smile:

Caveat: don’t know anything about The Dude.

When you’re using a Cisco WLC/WCS then the light weight access points themselves don’t actually implement much SNMP beyond basic information about themselves. You have to query the WLC/WCS (there are MIBs available). It can show you all the APs behind it, and all the connections behind that. This worked out of the box with our SolarWinds Orion installation.

Oh that is nice, I suspect Aikidokajeff has WCS.

All my access points are using standalone IOS - I wasn’t allowed to spend the money on a centralised solution.

[oid_column_raw(“1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.273.1.2.1.1.13”)] doesn’t appear to work at all.

Not the end of the world, having the information on the tooltip is ok for now.

It is all very useful to have to enable me to troubleshoot wireless coverage in a large warehouse with lost of metal in it.
Plenty of distortion :frowning:

I can track the users (80) on the internal work system, to see what location they should be at - I can use the map and associations to see what access point their unit is connecting to.

I will see if I can find the information about extracting the unit information and presenting it in one place - thanks.

Jeff