Scanning for wireless networks inside the RT unit.

[henrikk]

Is there a way, perhaps from the command line, to scan for wireless signals inside the RT-N66U unit? Yes I realize there are many Windows/Mac packages that can do this. I am in a situation where I need to remotely support an ASUS RT-N66U unit and it would be nice if I could have the router tell me what 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands are in use in the vicinity.

- Henrik

 

[netware5]

Is there a way, perhaps from the command line, to scan for wireless signals inside the RT-N66U unit? Yes I realize there are many Windows/Mac packages that can do this. I am in a situation where I need to remotely support an ASUS RT-N66U unit and it would be nice if I could have the router tell me what 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands are in use in the vicinity.

- Henrik

Tomato has such functionality. I don't know about Asus Merlin build, may be RMerlin will answer.

 

[ryzhov_al]

Hi!

Only from console.

wl scan
wl scanresults

 

[RMerlin]

This is something I want to look into adding at some point. Most of the code is already there, I just need to develop a UI around it.

 

[henrikk]

Thank you! Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.

Can you confirm this scan 5Ghz channels as well? When I try this remotely, I only see 2.4Ghz channels (which may be all there is).

-Henrik

 

[crazyea]

Thank you! Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.

Can you confirm this scan 5Ghz channels as well? When I try this remotely, I only see 2.4Ghz channels (which may be all there is).

-Henrik

I use an app called inssider to scan my networks where I live. They have for phones and laptops, etc.

There is not a sinlge 5ghz signal in my area.

 

[RMerlin]

It will report 5 GHz APs so long you do have 5 GHz wireless enabled on your router.

<whistles innocently as he heads for bed>

 

[geko53]

It will report 5 GHz APs so long you do have 5 GHz wireless enabled on your router.

<whistles innocently as he heads for bed>

Wow! That's really great... a very helpful feature indeed!

 

[ryzhov_al]

It will report 5 GHz APs so long you do have 5 GHz wireless enabled on your router.

It's reminds me some useless but cute thing I've ported to wl-500gpv1 years ago
inSSIDer-style you've done is much more practical.

 

[Pierino]

RMerlin, it wasn't nice to tease us with that.

 

[Pierino]

Hi!

Only from console.

wl scan
wl scanresults

Can you explain how I do this from windows?

 

[linkmaster]

Can you explain how I do this from windows?

fastest way from windows PC is

from the command line use

telnet <router ip>

login using admin login

then type the commands

 

[henrikk]

It will report 5 GHz APs so long you do have 5 GHz wireless enabled on your router.

<whistles innocently as he heads for bed>

Nice job!!!! ... and what a tease! That does look fantastic! I look forward to it to being part of the firmware.

- Henrik

 

[RMerlin]

It's reminds me some useless but cute thing I've ported to wl-500gpv1 years ago
inSSIDer-style you've done is much more practical.

Most of the code was already in the firmware. Asus implemented this for the Quick Internet Setup wizard so you can select a target router to connect with while in Repeater mode. The trick was just to wrap it in a regular ui.

There's still some issues to work out however before it's ready.

I had seen that Wi-Viz thing in DD-WRT. Took more time to figure out how to use it than it took to download and install InSSIDer

 

[RMerlin]

fastest way from windows PC is

from the command line use

telnet <router ip>

login using admin login

then type the commands

Note that since Windows Vista, Telnet is no longer installed by default in Windows (Microsoft cites "security reasons". I still haven't figured out that one...). Either add the Telnet Client through the Program & Features control panel entry, or download a client such as Putty or Kitty.

 

[seth_space]

i know under windows xp lots of people wanted to start telnet and ended up accidentally starting the telnet service, NOT the client.
Definitly a security issue.. but the "solution" was more or less: Throw out the baby with the bath water.

 

[Bagman]

Actually I would also find this quite useful, as all the clients I have that can run inSSIDer are hardwired and don't have wireless cards, and all the wireless clients are weird things like consoles and ereaders that can't run inSSIDer.

It's also great to know what the router is seeing all around it with both of it's aerials, rather than just what a given client can see.

 

[RogerSC]

Note that since Windows Vista, Telnet is no longer installed by default in Windows (Microsoft cites "security reasons". I still haven't figured out that one...). Either add the Telnet Client through the Program & Features control panel entry, or download a client such as Putty or Kitty.

Ssh has largely replaced telnet in security-conscious companies (like the one that I just left *smile*). They didn't allow telnet to be used there at all.

 

[RMerlin]

Ssh has largely replaced telnet in security-conscious companies (like the one that I just left *smile*). They didn't allow telnet to be used there at all.

I regularly use telnet to troubleshoot networking issues. Best way to determine if that SMTP access issue is caused by your ISP blocking port 25, or a misconfigured client. Or to troubleshoot POP authentication issues.

 

[RogerSC]

I regularly use telnet to troubleshoot networking issues. Best way to determine if that SMTP access issue is caused by your ISP blocking port 25, or a misconfigured client. Or to troubleshoot POP authentication issues.

Yes, I use it at home, too *smile*. However, don't try to use it at work, if you work for a company that's security-conscious. You can do it, but if IT hears about it, at least where I worked, you're done. Not worth it. Easy enough to do at home with a third-party app, though, and something like putty gives you a lot of configurability.