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LimJK

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Hi,
Is there some SSH command to find the number of streams on my RT-AC86U AiMesh Nodes 2.4GHz Band? Thank you.

Reason: Over the last few months I discovered that the 2.4GHz band on both RT-AC86U AiMesh Nodes takes turn to degrades from the usual 3 streams to 1 stream. I usually use WiFi Explorer (on Mac) to discover the degradation and do my usual work around by physical reboot of the offending AiMesh Node, or Remove and Re-Add AiMesh node from AiMesh GUI. However, if I am not at home I would like to find out if the degradation has happened. This happened in the last few releases of the 386 Firmwares on both Stock and Merlin.

Edit: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-merlin-386-2-beta-is-now-available.71038/post-677846
 
on my RT-AX88U with lyra node with fw 9.0.0.4.386_41615-g7c2264e i can login to the node and type

2.4
Code: 
wlanconfig ath0 list sta

5ghz
Code: 
wlanconfig ath1 list sta

1618125158177.png


more commands:

get interfaces
Code: 
nvram get wl_ifnames


wifi network summary:
Code: 
iwconfig ath0

iwconfig ath1

on the RT-AX88U i have the "wl" command, which is sadly not present on the lyra nodes.
There you can grep all infos about a connected wifi client

like this
Code: 
 wl -i eth6 sta_info DC:A6:32:A7:42:30


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you can sneak into my old code if you need some kind of script
 
The commands are platform-specific. Something that works for Lyra's QCA will not work for Broadcom-based routers.
 
corgan2224 said:
on my RT-AX88U with lyra node with fw 9.0.0.4.386_41615-g7c2264e i can login to the node and type

2.4
Code: 
wlanconfig ath0 list sta

5ghz
Code: 
wlanconfig ath1 list sta

View attachment 33045

more commands:

get interfaces
Code: 
nvram get wl_ifnames


wifi network summary:
Code: 
iwconfig ath0

iwconfig ath1

on the RT-AX88U i have the "wl" command, which is sadly not present on the lyra nodes.
There you can grep all infos about a connected wifi client

like this
Code: 
 wl -i eth6 sta_info DC:A6:32:A7:42:30


View attachment 33046

you can sneak into my old code if you need some kind of script
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corgan2224,

Thanks for the details, unfortunately the commands does not seem work for my macOS environment:

For AiMesh Router RT-AX88U where 2.4GHz interface is eth6
Code: 
wl -i eth6 sta_info <MAC Addr for 2.4GHz Interface>
or
wl sta_info <MAC Addr for 2.4GHz Interface>
For AiMesh Nodes RT-AX86U where 2.4GHz interface is eth5
Code: 
wl -i eth5 sta_info <MAC Addr for 2.4GHz Interface>
or
wl sta_info <MAC Addr for 2.4GHz Interface>
All returned -> wl: Bad Address
I confirmed that my respective <MAC Addr for 2.4GHz Interfaces> are correct; I even tried both lower and upper cases.

Can someone else on macOS environment, please help validate / confirm it is a macOS feature / issue, or I have missed something, Any suggestions of possible workarounds would be appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT: PS: I just like to add that "wl -i eth6 phy_tempsense" and "wl -i eth5 phy_tempsense" actually work on my AiMesh Router RT-AX88U and AiMesh Node RT-AC86U respectively.
 
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The host environment doesn't matter, because you have to ssh login to your device and type the commands on your device.

On the router you can type
Code: 
nvram get wl_ifnames
to get the wifi interfaces of your device

on the lyra you can type
Code: 
iwconfig

There you can see your wifi interface names.

But as @RMerlin mentioned, the commands you can use depands on the router/node model. I can only tell you about my RT-AX88u and a lyra node.
 
LimJK said:
All returned -> wl: Bad Address
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That's because you're trying to use the MAC address of the AP when you should be using the MAC address of one on the clients (STA). Although I don't think any of these commands show the number of streams.
Code: 
# wl -i eth2 assoclist
assoclist EC:1F:72:F8:4A:21
assoclist DC:53:60:84:45:6D
assoclist D4:38:9C:BA:DC:30
assoclist D4:11:A3:C3:05:25
assoclist 64:6E:69:2B:C8:0D

# wl -i eth2 sta_info EC:1F:72:F8:4A:21
STA EC:1F:72:F8:4A:21:
         aid:5
         rateset [ 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 ]
         idle 1 seconds
         in network 1102 seconds
         state: AUTHENTICATED ASSOCIATED AUTHORIZED
         flags 0x11e13b: BRCM WME PS N_CAP VHT_CAP AMPDU AMSDU
         HT caps 0x6f: LDPC 40MHz SGI20 SGI40
         VHT caps 0x63: LDPC SGI80 SU-BFR SU-BFE
         tx data pkts: 425469
         tx data bytes: 98052954
         tx ucast pkts: 2505
         tx ucast bytes: 1662972
         tx mcast/bcast pkts: 422964
         tx mcast/bcast bytes: 96389982
         tx failures: 0
         rx data pkts: 2570
         rx data bytes: 543583
         rx ucast pkts: 2497
         rx ucast bytes: 535604
         rx mcast/bcast pkts: 73
         rx mcast/bcast bytes: 7979
         rate of last tx pkt: 6000 kbps
         rate of last rx pkt: 24000 kbps
         rx decrypt succeeds: 2127
         rx decrypt failures: 0
         tx data pkts retried: 30
         tx data pkts retry exhausted: 0
         per antenna rssi of last rx data frame: -43 -41 -45 0
         per antenna average rssi of rx data frames: -43 -42 -44 0
         per antenna noise floor: -96 -100 -97 0
 
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ColinTaylor said:
That's because you're trying to use the MAC address of the AP when you should be using the MAC address of one on the clients (STA). Although I don't think any of these commands show the number of streams.
Code: 
# wl -i eth2 assoclist
assoclist EC:1F:72:F8:4A:21
assoclist DC:53:60:84:45:6D
assoclist D4:38:9C:BA:DC:30
assoclist D4:11:A3:C3:05:25
assoclist 64:6E:69:2B:C8:0D

# wl -i eth2 sta_info EC:1F:72:F8:4A:21
STA EC:1F:72:F8:4A:21:
         aid:5
         rateset [ 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 ]
         idle 1 seconds
         in network 1102 seconds
         state: AUTHENTICATED ASSOCIATED AUTHORIZED
         flags 0x11e13b: BRCM WME PS N_CAP VHT_CAP AMPDU AMSDU
         HT caps 0x6f: LDPC 40MHz SGI20 SGI40
         VHT caps 0x63: LDPC SGI80 SU-BFR SU-BFE
         tx data pkts: 425469
         tx data bytes: 98052954
         tx ucast pkts: 2505
         tx ucast bytes: 1662972
         tx mcast/bcast pkts: 422964
         tx mcast/bcast bytes: 96389982
         tx failures: 0
         rx data pkts: 2570
         rx data bytes: 543583
         rx ucast pkts: 2497
         rx ucast bytes: 535604
         rx mcast/bcast pkts: 73
         rx mcast/bcast bytes: 7979
         rate of last tx pkt: 6000 kbps
         rate of last rx pkt: 24000 kbps
         rx decrypt succeeds: 2127
         rx decrypt failures: 0
         tx data pkts retried: 30
         tx data pkts retry exhausted: 0
         per antenna rssi of last rx data frame: -43 -41 -45 0
         per antenna average rssi of rx data frames: -43 -42 -44 0
         per antenna noise floor: -96 -100 -97 0
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ColinTaylor,
Yes, I am looking for the number of streams for my 2.4GHz interface of my RT-AC86U AiMesh Node, is there some other ways to find out over SSH Command. Currently I am using WiFi Explorer App on my MacBookPro that shows me the number of streams from ALL AiMesh Router / Nodes of both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Interfaces, it works only when I am in my HomeNetwork.
Thank you so much for educating and pointing me to the "assoclist" that shows me the STA that is associated to the interface eth5 (2.4GHz) & eth6 (5GHz) for the command to work.

corgan2224,
Thanks for pointing me to this SSH wl Command, EDIT: by the way it works on RT-AC86u just like on RT-AX88u (HND models)
 
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I would like to use the home assisstant Command_line_ sensor to notify me when there's an update available for my RT-AC2900. I've SSH already enabled for some other purposeswith HASS.
But annyone anny idea how to find this "new update" flag in the router?
 
Rockel83 said:
I would like to use the home assisstant Command_line_ sensor to notify me when there's an update available for my RT-AC2900. I've SSH already enabled for some other purposeswith HASS.
But annyone anny idea how to find this "new update" flag in the router?
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I don't see how your question is related to the subject of this thread (detecting the number of WiFi streams of an AiMesh node). Probably best to start a new thread for your particular question.
 
@LimJK , was the command now working? Did you see the streams when you do an ssh to the node?

I also have ac86 u as nodes, and speed Aldo drops after days/weeks ... I want to identify this somehow
 
Pergola Fabio said:
@LimJK , was the command now working? Did you see the streams when you do an ssh to the node?

I also have ac86 u as nodes, and speed Aldo drops after days/weeks ... I want to identify this somehow
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Pergola,
This is a 10 month old thread, Sorry, I have not figured a way to do it via SSH for Stream information 2.4GHz and 5GHz band for my AiMesh Router and Nodes. I am happy using WiFi Explorer on my MacBookPro as per my first post. Sorry.
 
Pergola Fabio said:
Ok, np

Do you know by any chance a windows app that can display streams?
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I have not use Windows for ages, not sure inSSIDer provides streams information.

Edit: Fingers of retiree a bit slow on keyboard, see Colin Taylor's post above:)
 
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