How To View a Client's Protocol (ac, a, b, g, n)?

[pc-learner]

I have a new Asus AC66R modem and am a new user of asuswrt-merlin (376.49_4) and these forums.

I would like to find a way to view the wireless protocol each client is using in order to see if any are using one of the older ones (a, b, g) instead of the latest ones (ac, n).

In Client Status, the wireless radio band the client is using can be displayed by clicking on the MAC address, but the protocol being used is not included.

Is there another way to get that information from the router? Tracking down each client and interrogating it seems difficult and inefficient, especially for things like wireless printers and roku devices.

If there isn't an easy way to get router level information for the clients' protocols, would it be reasonable to ask that adding this information to the Client Status be considered as a new feature for asuswrt-merlin? Unfortunately I am not capable of coding this myself, so I would have to depend on others believing it would be useful and deciding it would be worth implementing.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[rototiller]

pc-learner, Google is your friend. If you need to know what your devices are capable of as in if they they are able to use the "n" or "ac" band, you can google your device to find out.

If your device can't connect and/or "see" your AC66R router, then you need to log into your router on another device that can and change the settings to accept what band your device is capable of after you find out what it is capable of.

 

[Nullity]

I have a new Asus AC66R modem and am a new user of asuswrt-merlin (376.49_4) and these forums.

I would like to find a way to view the wireless protocol each client is using in order to see if any are using one of the older ones (a, b, g) instead of the latest ones (ac, n).

In Client Status, the wireless radio band the client is using can be displayed by clicking on the MAC address, but the protocol being used is not included.

Is there another way to get that information from the router? Tracking down each client and interrogating it seems difficult and inefficient, especially for things like wireless printers and roku devices.

If there isn't an easy way to get router level information for the clients' protocols, would it be reasonable to ask that adding this information to the Client Status be considered as a new feature for asuswrt-merlin? Unfortunately I am not capable of coding this myself, so I would have to depend on others believing it would be useful and deciding it would be worth implementing.

Thanks in advance for your help.

If you login via SSH/telnet you could run probably do it. "robocfg showmacs" should show you the clients then "wl sta_info <mac:addr>" will show you something like

rateset [ 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54 ]
idle 14 seconds
in network 11113 seconds
state: AUTHENTICATED ASSOCIATED AUTHORIZED
flags 0x603b: BRCM WME N_CAP
tx pkts: 29
tx failures: 0
rx ucast pkts: 25
rx mcast/bcast pkts: 73
rate of last tx pkt: 1000 kbps
rate of last rx pkt: -1 kbps
rx decrypt succeeds: 96
rx decrypt failures: 0


In the "flags" section it says "N_CAP", which I'm hoping means 802.11n capabilities. That's all I got.

 

[dscline]

pc-learner, Google is your friend. If you need to know what your devices are capable of as in if they they are able to use the "n" or "ac" band, you can google your device to find out.

I don't think you read his question. Google won't know the current details of his individual wireless connections.

 

[RussellInCincinnati]

I have a new Asus AC66R modem and am a new user of asuswrt-merlin (376.49_4) and these forums.

I would like to find a way to view the wireless protocol each client is using in order to see if any are using one of the older ones (a, b, g) instead of the latest ones (ac, n).

Always best to say what kinds of computers and routers are involved with any question you might ask about combinations of computers and routers.

If your clients are Windows machines, the free NirSoft Wireless Net View software will probably tell you exactly what you want to know.
http://nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_view.html

It will for example tell you the "maximum speed" of the connection as well as the precise channel number and one of the main frequencies you are using. If you see the max speed is 433 or 867 or 1300 or so, and the frequency is 5.x gigahertz, you are talking a 802.11ac connection. 300 max speed on 5 ghz is probably an 802.11n connection, etc. 150,300,450 on 2.4 ghz are 802.11n connections. 72mhz might be an 802.11g link.

Am not sure why you would allow b or g connections to a modern router. Even Roku boxes support n connections. AC USB adapters for example EdiMax 7811utc nano) are in the $12-$21 dollar range. Not good to burden n/ac wifi networks with supporting b/g dinosaur hardware.

 

[rototiller]

Dscline, what I read from pc learner's post is that he wishes that his router would tell him what wireless radios that the clients connecting to it are using. Since his router does not reveal that so I suggested just googling what clients he has & he will be able to find a spec sheet of his devices that will tell him what he's looking for.

 

[netware5]

Dscline, what I read from pc learner's post is that he wishes that his router would tell him what wireless radios that the clients connecting to it are using. Since his router does not reveal that so I suggested just googling what clients he has & he will be able to find a spec sheet of his devices that will tell him what he's looking for.

There is a difference between what the client is able according to the tech specs and what is the reality.

 

[rototiller]

netware5, this thread is about hardware, right? So I hope that if I purchase a laptop computer that it specs include that it has a dvd optical drive in it, that it does have a dvd optical drive. Like wireless radios are a part of hardware, right? Not talking about theoretical d/l specs vs actual/reality d/l specs, etc... Just like I used google to find the specs of my son's Nintendo 3DS XL to find out what radio it used and it listed that it is a b/g radio and by God it does have a b/g radio in it...

 

[netware5]

netware5, this thread is about hardware, right? So I hope that if I purchase a laptop computer that it specs include that it has a dvd optical drive in it, that it does have a dvd optical drive. Like wireless radios are a part of hardware, right? Not talking about theoretical d/l specs vs actual/reality d/l specs, etc... Just like I used google to find the specs of my son's Nintendo 3DS XL to find out what radio it used and it listed that it is a b/g radio and by God it does have a b/g radio in it...

I will try to explain:

The wireless standards are back compatible. So, the hardware device may have for example "n" radio but may connect as "b" or "g" because of some reasons. The guy with original post wants to know THE REALITY, i.e. how the client is connected REALLY NOW, not how the device COULD BE connected according to the tech specs. The same is with your DVD drive example. It is DVD but will function as CD drive if you insert the "older" CD standard disk.