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Identity as SSID

Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:56 am

hi

is it possible to add APs identity (/system identity print) as a new SSID ? Can this be done with CAPS-MAN provisioning ?

so one can easily find AP position and you don't know the cabling in a VERY large building... O:-)
 
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Re: Identity as SSID

Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:59 am

But do you want each SSID to be different?
Just to tell apart the AP devices, capsman can simply name them automatically. Provisioning rules allow this:
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Re: Identity as SSID

Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:04 pm

APs (CAPs) already have their names/identities, but i want to "locate" them w/o following the UTP cable....

i want each AP to have their own SSID (added to the ones that he already has configured via caps-man)

something like:

$SSID=/system print name

/caps-man config add channel= ... ssid=$SSID


what happens if i add new /caps-man configuration line, but i don't supply "ssid=" ? What will be used or will it just print out an error ?
 
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Re: Identity as SSID

Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:39 pm

if i don't supply "ssid=..." then that network "shows up" as status = hidden.

not what i wanted.

any other way that can be used with caps-man and with 100+ APs ? :)
 
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Re: Identity as SSID

Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:53 pm

Assign the name of CAP interface as ssid for exact distinguish each device.
When created, if someone as set that, the cap name include what are writed on remote system identity
WARNING: Make backup before...
/caps-man interface
    :foreach idx in=[find] do={
        set configuration.ssid=[get $idx name]
    }
For assign a name (to cap interface, not ssid) based on remote device system identity,
on provisioning the name format must contain identity (better if prefix identity with literally "cap" without quotes as prefix)
 
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Re: Identity as SSID

Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:19 am

cant make identity-regexp & common-name-regexp working
 
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Re: Identity as SSID

Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:31 am

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Re: Identity as SSID

Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:09 am

Assign the name of CAP interface as ssid for exact distinguish each device.
so from "one liner" in cap-man provisioning/config i am going to have 100+ lines ? one for each individual AP ? :-/
I would need something like an option "lighthouse" for each AP - enable ssid with no actual data/bridge, just to "see" it's ssid/identity via wireless.
 
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Re: Identity as SSID

Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:14 am

You know how cap work?
One entry for each CAP on /caps-man interface.
The script assign to eac already existent /caps-man interface entry the MAC address for SSID for exact distinguisch the device.
 
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Re: Identity as SSID

Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:13 pm

You know how cap work?
One entry for each CAP on /caps-man interface.
The script assign to eac already existent /caps-man interface entry the MAC address for SSID for exact distinguisch the device.
Does not seem to work on "dynamic create enabled".

is should probably switch to "create enabled".

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