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What is connect-list and why do I need it?

Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:35 pm

Hello. I'm using MikroTik for many years and for the first time I got messages in logs like:
sep/01 01:17:54 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:20 failed to join recently 
sep/01 01:17:54 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:17:55 wireless,info PiPi: C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:E2@wlan1 established connection on 2412000, SSID WEiTI 
sep/01 01:18:00 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:18:03 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:18:03 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:18:03 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:18:03 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:18:06 dhcp,info PiPi: station deassigned 192.168.5.248 from 00:90:F5:E5:26:14 
sep/01 01:18:08 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:18:12 dhcp,info PiPi: station assigned 192.168.5.248 to 00:90:F5:E5:26:14 
sep/01 01:18:12 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:18:12 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:18:12 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:18:12 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:18:17 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:18:22 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:18:22 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:18:22 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:18:22 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:18:27 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:18:31 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:18:31 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:18:31 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: found better AP C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:20 
sep/01 01:18:31 wireless,info PiPi: C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:E2@wlan1: lost connection, roaming 
sep/01 01:18:31 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: connect to better AP C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:20 
sep/01 01:18:32 wireless,info PiPi: C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:20@wlan1 established connection on 2462000, SSID WEiTI 
sep/01 01:18:42 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:18:43 system,info,account PiPi: user lapsio logged in from 192.168.5.248 via ssh 
sep/01 01:18:46 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:18:46 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:18:46 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: found better AP C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:D9 
sep/01 01:18:46 wireless,info PiPi: C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:20@wlan1: lost connection, roaming 
sep/01 01:18:46 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: connect to better AP C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:D9 
sep/01 01:18:46 wireless,info PiPi: C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:D9@wlan1 established connection on 2412000, SSID WEiTI 
sep/01 01:18:56 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:19:00 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:19:00 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:19:00 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:19:00 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:19:10 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:19:14 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:19:14 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:19:14 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:19:14 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:19:20 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:19:24 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:19:24 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:19:24 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:19:24 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:19:31 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:19:36 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:19:36 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:19:36 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:19:36 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:19:46 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: start background scan 
sep/01 01:19:49 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: background scan complete, must select network 
sep/01 01:19:49 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:19:49 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:19:49 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: did not find better AP 
sep/01 01:19:52 system,info PiPi: item added 
sep/01 01:19:52 system,info PiPi: item added 
sep/01 01:19:52 system,info PiPi: NTP params changed 
sep/01 01:19:52 dhcp,info PiPi: dhcp-client on wlan1 got IP address 192.168.63.18 
sep/01 01:19:52 wireless,info PiPi: C2:9F:DB:8F:B5:D9@wlan1: lost connection, disabling 
sep/01 01:19:57 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: must select network 
sep/01 01:19:57 wireless,debug PiPi: empty 
sep/01 01:19:57 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: no network that satisfies connect-list,  by default choose with strongest signal 
sep/01 01:19:57 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: failed to select network 
sep/01 01:19:59 wireless,debug PiPi: wlan1: must select network
After adding entry to connect-list AP connected successfully. I'm not sure if it was just coincidence or connect-list really does affect AP willingness to connect, however while when signal is strong it doesn't seem to have any trouble connecting, when signal quality is bad it struggles to pull off even though laptop wifi doesn't seem to have any issues like that in the same area.

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Re: What is connect-list and why do I need it?

Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:21 pm

The connect list controls what ap’s the wireless card can connect to. It allows you to specify multiple ssid’s and security profiles. On an Ap using WDS it can be used to control which other ap’s it will link with.

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