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All other characters are used without interpreting them in any way. For examples, see default values.
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| called-format (format-string) | Format for the value of the Called-Station-Id RADIUS attribute, in AP's messages to RADIUS servers. Default:II-II-II-II-II-II:S |
| calling-format (format-string) | Format for the value of the Calling-Station-Id RADIUS attribute, in AP's messages to RADIUS servers. Default: AA-AA-AA-AA-AA-AA |
| interim-update (time interval) | Interval at which to send interim updates about traffic accounting to the RADIUS server. Default: 5m |
| mac-caching (time interval | 'disabled') | Length of time to cache RADIUS server replies, when MAC address authentication is enabled. Default value: disabled. |
| name (string) | A unique name for the AAA profile. No default value. |
| nas-identifier (string) | Value of the NAS-Identifier attribute, in AP's messages to RADIUS servers. Defaults to the host name of the device (/system/identity). |
| password-format (format-string) | Format for value to use in calculating the value of the User-Password attribute in AP's messages to RADIUS servers when performing MAC address authentication. Default value: "" (an empty string). |
| username-format (format-string) | Format for the value of the User-Name attribute in APs messages to RADIUS servers when performing MAC address authentication. Default value : |
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Properties in this category specify the desired radio channel.
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| band (2ghz-g | 2ghz-n | 2ghz-ax | 5ghz-a | 5ghz-ac | 5ghz-an | 5ghz-ax) | Supported frequency band and wireless standard. Defaults to newest supported standard. | ||||||
| frequency (list of integers or integer ranges) |
For an interface in station mode, specifies frequencies on which to scan for APs. Leave unset (default) to consider all frequencies supported by the radio and permitted by the applicable regulatory profille. The parameter can contain 1 or more comma-separated values of integers or, optionally, ranges of integers denoted using the syntax RangeBeginning-RangeEnd:RangeStep Examples of valid channel.frequency values:
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| secondary-frequency (list of integers | 'disabled') | Frequency (in MHz) to use for the center of the secondary part of a split 80+80MHz channel. Only official 80MHz channels (5210, 5290, 5530, 5610, 5690, 5775) are supported. Leave unset (default) for automatic selection of secondary channel frequency. | ||||||
| skip-dfs-channels channels (10min-cac | all | disabled) | Whether to avoid using channels, on which channel availability check (listening for presence of radar signals) is required.
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| width ( 20mhz | 20/40mhz | 20/40mhz-Ce | 20/40mhz-eC | 20/40/80mhz | 20/40/80+80mhz | 20/40/80/160mhz) | Width of radio channel. Defaults to widest channel supported by the radio hardware. |
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This section includes properties relating to the operation of the interface and the associated radio.
| Property | Description | |
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chains (list of integer 0..7 ) | Radio chains to use for receiving signals. Defaults to all chains available to the corresponding radio hardware.client-isolation (no | yes) |
Default: no |
country (name of a country) | Determines, which regulatory domain restrictions are applied to an interface. Defaults to "United States". Note: It is important to set this value correctly to comply with local regulations and ensure interoperability with other devices. | |
hide-ssid (no | yes) |
Default: no | |
| mode (ap | station) | Interface operation mode
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| rrm (no | yes) |
Default: yes | |
| ssid (string) | The name of the wireless network, aka the (E)SSID. No default value. | |
| tx-chains (list of integer 0..7) | Radio chains to use for transmitting signals. Defaults to all chains available to the corresponding radio hardware. | |
| tx-power (integer 0..40) | A limit on the transmit power (in dBm) of the interface. Can not be used to set power above limits imposed by the regulatory profile. Unset by default. |
Security properties
Parameters relating to authentication.
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authentication-types (list of wpa-psk, wpa2-psk, wpa-eap, wpa2-eap, wpa3-psk, owe, wpa3-eap, wpa3-eap-192)
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Authentication types to enable on the interface.
The default value is an empty list (no authenticaion, an open network).
Configuring a passphrase, adds to the default list the wpa2-psk authentication method (if the interface is an AP) or both wpa-psk and wpa2-psk (if the interface is a station).
Configuring an eap-username and an eap-password adds to the default list wpa-eap and wpa2-eap authentication methods.
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Identifiers of elliptic curve cryptography groups to use in SAE (WPA3) authentication.
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- yes - Do not include PMKID in EAPOL frames.
- no (default) - include PMKID in EAPOL frames.
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| Properties related to EAP, are only relevant to interfaces in station mode. APs delegate EAP authentication to the RADIUS server. |
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Policy for handling the TLS certificate of the RADIUS server.
- verify-certificate - require server to have a valid certificate. Check that it is signed by a trusted certificate authority.
- dont-verify-certificate (default) - Do not perform any checks on the certificate.
- no-certificates - Attempt to establish the TLS tunnel by performing anonymous Diffie-Hellman key exchange. To be used if the RADIUS server has no certificate at all.
- verify-certificate-with-crl - Same as verify-certificate, but also checks if the certificate is valid by checking the Certificate Revocation List.
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Take care when configuring encryption ciphers. All client devices MUST support the group encryption cipher used by the AP to connect, and some client devices (notably, Intel® 8260) will also fail to connect if the list of unicast ciphers includes any they don't support. |
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A list of ciphers to support for encrypting unicast traffic.
Defaults to ccmp.
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Properties related to 802.11r fast BSS transition only apply to interfaces in AP mode. Wifiwave2 interfaces in station mode do not support 802.11r. The initial implementation of 802.11r introduced in RouterOS 7.4beta4 only supports fast transition of client devices between the interfaces which are local to each AP. |
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Whether to enable 802.11r fast BSS transitions. Default: no.
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The fast BSS transition mobility domain ID. Default: 44484 (0xADC4).
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Fast BSS transition PMK-R0 key holder identifier. Default: MAC address of the interface.
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Whether to enable fast BSS transitions over DS (distributed system). Default: no.
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Lifetime of the fast BSS transition PMK-R0 encryption key. Default: 600000s (~7 days)
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Fast BSS transition reassociation deadline. Default: 20s.
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Cipher to use for encrypting multicast traffic.
Defaults to ccmp.
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Interval at which the group temporal key (key for encrypting broadcast traffic) is renewed. Defaults to 5 minutes.
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Cipher to use for encrypting protected management frames. Defaults to cmac.
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management-protection (allowed | disabled | required)
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Whether to use 802.11w management frame protection. Incompatible with management frame protection in standard wireless package.
Default value depends on value of selected authentication type (WPA (1) does not support MFP, while WPA3 requires it).
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owe-transition-interface (interface)
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Name or internal id of an interface whose MAC address and SSID to advertise as the matching AP when running in OWE transition mode.
Required for setting up open APs that offer OWE, but also work with older devices that don't support the standard. See configuration example below.
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Passphrase to use for PSK authentication types. Defaults to an empty string - "".
WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication requires a minimum of 8 chars, while WPA3-PSK does not have minimum passphrase length.
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Due to SAE (WPA3) associations being CPU resource intensive, overwhelming an AP with bogus authentication requests makes for a feasible denial-of-service attack.
This parameter provides a way to mitigate such attacks by specifying a threshold of in-progress SAE authentications, at which the AP will start requesting that client devices include a cookie bound to their MAC address in their authentication requests. It will then only process authentication requests which contain valid cookies.
Default: disabled.
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- push-button (default) - AP will accept WPS authentication for 2 minutes after 'wps-push-button' command is called. Physical WPS button functionality not yet implemented.
- disabled - AP will not accept WPS authentication
Miscelaneous properties
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- disabled - the interface will not use ARP
- enabled - the interface will use ARP (default)
- local-proxy-arp - the router performs proxy ARP on the interface and sends replies to the same interface
- proxy-arp - the router performs proxy ARP on the interface and sends replies to other interfaces
- reply-only - the interface will only reply to requests originated from matching IP address/MAC address combinations which are entered as static entries in the ARP table. No dynamic entries will be automatically stored in the ARP table. Therefore for communications to be successful, a valid static entry must already exist.
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yes - interface's running property will be true whenever the interface is not disabled
no (default) - interface's running property will only be true when it has established a link to another device
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disabled (no | yes) (X)
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Hardware interfaces are disabled by default. Virtual interfaces are not.
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mac-address (MAC)
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MAC address (BSSID) to use for an interface.
Hardware interfaces default to the MAC address of the associated radio interface.
Default MAC addresses for virtual interfaces are generated by
Taking the MAC address of the associated master interface
Setting the second-least-significant bit of the first octet to 1, resulting in a locally administered MAC address
If needed, incrementing the last octet of the address to ensure it doesn't overlap with the address of another interface on the device
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master-interface (interface)
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Multiple interface configurations can be run simultaneously on every wireless radio.
Only one of them determines the radio's state (whether it is enabled, what frequency it's using, etc). This 'master' interface, is bound to a radio with the corresponding radio-mac.
To create additional ('virtual') interface configurations on a radio, they need to be bound to the corresponding master interface.
No default value.
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name (string)
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A name for the interface. Defaults to wifiN, where N is the lowest integer that has not yet been used for naming an interface.
Read-only properties
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Always true for master interfaces (configurations linked to radio hardware).
True for a virtual interface (configurations linked to a master interface) when both the interface itself and its master interface are not disabled.
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False for interfaces in AP mode when they've selected a channel for operation (i.e. configuration has been successfully applied).
False for interfaces in station mode when they've connected to an AP (i.e. configuration has been successfully applied, an with AP with matching settings has been found).
True otherwise.
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True, when an interface has established a link to another device.
If disable-running-check is set to 'yes', true whenever the interface is not disabled.
Configuration profiles
Configuration settings for wifiwave2 interfaces can be grouped in profiles according to the parameter sections listed above. These profiles - aaa, channel, configuration and security, can then be assigned to interfaces. Configuration profiles can include other profiles as well as separate parameters from other categories.
This optional flexibility is meant to allow each user to arrange their configuration in a way that makes the most sense for them, but it also means that each parameter may have different values assigned to it in different sections of the configuration.
The following priority determines, which value is used:
- Value in interface settings
- Value in profile assigned to interface
- Value in configuration profile assigned to interface
- Value in profile assigned to configuration profile (which in turn is assigned to interface).
If you are at any point unsure of which parameter value will be used for an interface, consult the actual-configuration menu. For an example of configuration profile usage, see following example.
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| language | ros |
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| title | Example for dual-band home AP |
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| manager (capsman | capsman-or-local | local) | capsman - the interface will act as CAP only capsman-or-local - the interface will get configuration via CAPsMAN or use its own, if /interface/wifiwave2/cap is not enabled. local - interface won't contact CAPsMAN in order to get configuration. |
Datapath properties
Parameters relating to forwarding packets to and from wireless client devices.
| Property | Description |
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| bridge (bridge interface) | Bridge interface to add interface to, as a bridge port. No default value. |
| bridge-cost (integer) | Bridge port cost to use when adding as bridge port. Default: 10 |
| bridge-horizon (none | integer) | Bridge horizon to use when adding as bridge port Default: none. |
| client-isolation (no | yes) |
Default: no |
| interface-list (interface list) | List to which add the interface as a member. No default value. |
| openflow-switch (interface) | OpenFlow switch to add interface to, as port when enabled. No default value |
| vlan-id (none | integer 1..4096) | Default VLAN id to assign to clients connecting on the interface. Default: none. |
Security properties
Parameters relating to authentication.
| Property | Description | ||
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authentication-types (list of wpa-psk, wpa2-psk, wpa-eap, wpa2-eap, wpa3-psk, owe, wpa3-eap, wpa3-eap-192) | Authentication types to enable on the interface. The default value is an empty list (no authenticaion, an open network). Configuring a passphrase, adds to the default list the wpa2-psk authentication method (if the interface is an AP) or both wpa-psk and wpa2-psk (if the interface is a station). Configuring an eap-username and an eap-password adds to the default list wpa-eap and wpa2-eap authentication methods. | ||
| dh-groups (list of 19, 20, 21) | Identifiers of elliptic curve cryptography groups to use in SAE (WPA3) authentication. | ||
| disable-pmkid (no | yes) | For interfaces in AP mode, disables inclusion of a PMKID in EAPOL frames. Disabling PMKID can cause compatibility issues with client devices which make use of it.
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| eap-accounting (no | yes) | Send accounting information to RADIUS server for EAP-authenticated peers. Default: no. | ||
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| eap-anonymous-identity (string) | Optional anonymous identity for EAP outer authentication. No default value. | ||
| eap-certificate-mode (dont-verify-certificate | no-certificates | verify-certificate | verify-certificate-with-crl) | Policy for handling the TLS certificate of the RADIUS server.
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| eap-methods (list of peap, tls, ttls) | EAP methods to consider for authentication. Defaults to all supported methods. | ||
| eap-password (string) | Password to use, when the chosen EAP method requires one. No default value. | ||
| eap-tls-certificate (certificate) | Name or id of a certificate in the device's certificate store to use, when the chosen EAP authentication method requires one. No default value. | ||
| eap-username (string) | Username to use when the chosen EAP method requires one. No default value. | ||
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| encryption (list of ccmp, ccmp-256, gcmp, gcmp-256, tkip) | A list of ciphers to support for encrypting unicast traffic. Defaults to ccmp. | ||
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| ft (no | yes) | Whether to enable 802.11r fast BSS transitions. Default: no. | ||
| ft-mobility-domain (integer 0..65535) | The fast BSS transition mobility domain ID. Default: 44484 (0xADC4). | ||
| ft-nas-identifier (string of 2..96 hex characters) | Fast BSS transition PMK-R0 key holder identifier. Default: MAC address of the interface. | ||
| ft-over-ds (no | yes) | Whether to enable fast BSS transitions over DS (distributed system). Default: no. | ||
| ft-r0-key-lifetime (time interval 1s..6w3d12h15m) | Lifetime of the fast BSS transition PMK-R0 encryption key. Default: 600000s (~7 days) | ||
| ft-reassociation-deadline (time interval 0..70s) | Fast BSS transition reassociation deadline. Default: 20s. | ||
| group-encryption (ccmp | ccmp-256 | gcmp | gcmp-256 | tkip) | Cipher to use for encrypting multicast traffic. Defaults to ccmp. | ||
| group-key-update (time interval 30s..1h) | Interval at which the group temporal key (key for encrypting broadcast traffic) is renewed. Defaults to 5 minutes. | ||
| management-encryption (cmac | cmac-256 | gmac | gmac-256) | Cipher to use for encrypting protected management frames. Defaults to cmac. | ||
management-protection (allowed | disabled | required) | Whether to use 802.11w management frame protection. Incompatible with management frame protection in standard wireless package. Default value depends on value of selected authentication type (WPA (1) does not support MFP, while WPA3 requires it). | ||
owe-transition-interface (interface) | Name or internal id of an interface whose MAC address and SSID to advertise as the matching AP when running in OWE transition mode. Required for setting up open APs that offer OWE, but also work with older devices that don't support the standard. See configuration example below. | ||
| passphrase (string of up to 63 characters) | Passphrase to use for PSK authentication types. Defaults to an empty string - "". WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication requires a minimum of 8 chars, while WPA3-PSK does not have minimum passphrase length. | ||
| sae-anti-clogging-threshold ('disabled' | integer) | Due to SAE (WPA3) associations being CPU resource intensive, overwhelming an AP with bogus authentication requests makes for a feasible denial-of-service attack. This parameter provides a way to mitigate such attacks by specifying a threshold of in-progress SAE authentications, at which the AP will start requesting that client devices include a cookie bound to their MAC address in their authentication requests. It will then only process authentication requests which contain valid cookies. Default: disabled. | ||
| sae-max-failure-rate ('disabled' | integer) | Rate of failed SAE (WPA3) associations per minute, at which the AP will stop processing new association requests. Defaults to disabled. | ||
| sae-pwe (both | hash-to-element | hunting-and-pecking) | Methods to support for deriving SAE password element. Default: both. | ||
| wps (disabled | push-button) |
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Miscellaneous properties
| Property | Description |
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| arp (disabled | enabled | local-proxy-arp | proxy-arp | reply-only) | Address Resolution Protocol mode:
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| arp-timeout (time interval | 'auto') | Determines how long a dynamically added ARP table entry is considered valid since the last packet was received from the respective IP address. Value auto equals to the value ofarp-timeout in/ip settings, which defaults to 30s. |
| disable-running-check (no | yes) |
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disabled (no | yes) (X) | Hardware interfaces are disabled by default. Virtual interfaces are not. |
mac-address (MAC) | MAC address (BSSID) to use for an interface. Hardware interfaces default to the MAC address of the associated radio interface. Default MAC addresses for virtual interfaces are generated by
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master-interface (interface) | Multiple interface configurations can be run simultaneously on every wireless radio. Only one of them determines the radio's state (whether it is enabled, what frequency it's using, etc). This 'master' interface, is bound to a radio with the corresponding radio-mac. To create additional ('virtual') interface configurations on a radio, they need to be bound to the corresponding master interface. No default value. |
name (string) | A name for the interface. Defaults to wifiN, where N is the lowest integer that has not yet been used for naming an interface. |
Read-only properties
| Property | Description |
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| bound (boolean) (B) | Always true for master interfaces (configurations linked to radio hardware). True for a virtual interface (configurations linked to a master interface) when both the interface itself and its master interface are not disabled. |
| default-name (string) | The default name for an interface. |
| inactive (boolean) (I) | False for interfaces in AP mode when they've selected a channel for operation (i.e. configuration has been successfully applied). False for interfaces in station mode when they've connected to an AP (i.e. configuration has been successfully applied, an with AP with matching settings has been found). True otherwise. |
| master (boolean) (M) | True for interface configurations, which are bound to radio hardware. False for virtual interfaces. |
| radio-mac (MAC) | The MAC address of the associated radio. |
| running (boolean) (R) | True, when an interface has established a link to another device. If disable-running-check is set to 'yes', true whenever the interface is not disabled. |
Configuration profiles
Configuration settings for wifiwave2 interfaces can be grouped in profiles according to the parameter sections listed above. These profiles - aaa, channel, configuration and security, can then be assigned to interfaces. Configuration profiles can include other profiles as well as separate parameters from other categories.
This optional flexibility is meant to allow each user to arrange their configuration in a way that makes the most sense for them, but it also means that each parameter may have different values assigned to it in different sections of the configuration.
The following priority determines, which value is used:
- Value in interface settings
- Value in profile assigned to interface
- Value in configuration profile assigned to interface
- Value in profile assigned to configuration profile (which in turn is assigned to interface).
If you are at any point unsure of which parameter value will be used for an interface, consult the actual-configuration menu. For an example of configuration profile usage, see following example.
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# Creating a security profile, which will be common for both interfaces /interface wifiwave2 security add name=common-auth authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk passphrase="diceware makes good passwords" wps=disable # Creating a common configuration profile and linking the security profile to it /interface wifiwave2 configuration add name=common-conf ssid=MikroTik country=Latvia security=common-auth # Creating separate channel configurations for each band /interface wifiwave2 channel add name=ch-2ghz frequency=2412,2432,2472 width=20mhz add name=ch-5ghz frequency=5180,5260,5500 width=20/40/80mhz # Assigning to each interface the common profile as well as band-specific channel profile /interface wifiwave2 set wifi1 channel=ch-2ghz configuration=common-conf disabled=no set wifi2 channel=ch-5ghz configuration=common-conf disabled=no /interface/wifiwave2/actual-configuration print 0 name="wifi1" mac-address=74:4D:28:94:22:9B9A arp-timeout=auto radio-mac=74:4D:28:94:22:9B 9A configuration.ssid="MikroTik" .country=Latvia security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk .passphrase="diceware makes good passwords" .wps=disable channel.frequency=51802412,52602432,55002472 .width=20/40/80mhz |
Interface configuration examples
Basic password-protected AP
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/interface/wifiwave2 set wifi1 disabled=no configuration.country=Latvia configuration.ssid=MikroTik20mhz 1 name="wifi2" mac-address=74:4D:28:94:22:9B arp-timeout=auto radio-mac=74:4D:28:94:22:9B configuration.ssid="MikroTik" .country=Latvia security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk security.passphrase=8-63_characters |
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Open AP with OWE transition mode
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.passphrase="diceware makes good passwords" .wps=disable
channel.frequency=5180,5260,5500 .width=20/40/80mhz |
Interface configuration examples
Basic password-protected AP
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/interface/wifiwave2
set wifi1 disabled=no configuration.country=Latvia configuration.ssid=MikroTik security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk security.passphrase=8-63_characters |
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Open AP with OWE transition mode
Opportunistic wireless encryption (OWE) allows creation of wireless networks that do not require the knowledge of a password to connect, but still offer the benefits of traffic encryption and management frame protection. It is an improvement on regular open access points.
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| Filtering parameters | |
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| Parameter | Description |
| interface (interface | interface-list | 'any') | Match if connection takes place on the specified interface or interface belonging to specified list. Default: any. |
| mac-address (MAC address) | Match if the client device has the specified MAC address. No default value. |
| mac-address-mask (MAC address) | Modifies the mac-address parameter to match if it is equal to the result of performing bit-wise AND operation on the client MAC address and the given address mask. Default: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (i.e. client's MAC address must match value of mac-address exactly) |
| signal-range (min..max) | Match if the strength of received signal from the client device is within the given range. Default: '-120..120' |
| ssid-regexp (regex) | Match if the given regular expression matches the SSID. |
| time (start-end,days) | Match during the specified time of day and (optionally) days of week. Default: 0s-1d |
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| Action parameters | |
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| Parameter | Description |
| allow-signal-out-of-range (time period | 'always') | The length of time which a connected peer's signal strength is allowed to be outside the range required by the signal-range parameter, before it is disconnected. If the value is set to 'always', peer signal strength is only checked during association. Default: 0s. |
| action (accept | reject | query-radius) | Whether to authorize a connection
Default: accept |
| passphrase (string) | Override the default passphrase with given value. No default value. |
| radius-accounting (no | yes) | Override the default RADIUS accounting policy with given value. No default value. |
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| Command parameters | |
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| Parameter | Description |
| duration (time interval) | Length of time to perform the scan for before exiting. Useful for non-interactive use. Not set by default. |
| freeze-frame-interval (time interval) | Time interval at which to update command output. Default: 1s. |
| frequency (list of frequencies/ranges) | Frequencies to perform the scan on. See channel.frequency parameter syntax above for more detail. Defaults to all supported frequencies. |
| numbers (string) | Either the name or internal id of the interface to perform the scan with. Required. Not set by default. |
| rounds (integer) | Number of times to go through list of scannable frequencies before exiting. Useful for non-interactive use. Not set by default. |
| save-file (string) | Name of file to save output to. Not set by default. |
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| Parameter | Description |
| channel (integer) | Frequency (in MHz) of the channel scanned. |
| networks (integer) | Number of access points detected on the channel. |
| load (integer) | Percentage of time the channel was busy during the scan. |
| nf (integer) | Noise floor (in dBm) of the channel. |
| max-signal (integer) | Maximum signal strength (in dBm) of APs detected in the channel. |
| min-signal (integer) | Minimum signal strength (in dBm) of APs detected in the channel. |
| primary (boolean) (P) | Channel is in use as the primary (control) channel by an AP. |
| secondary (boolean) (S) | Channel is in use as a secondary (extension) channel by an AP. |
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| Parameter | Description |
| active (boolean) (A) | Signifies that beacons from the AP have been received in the last 30 seconds. |
| address (MAC) | The MAC address (BSSID) of the AP. |
| channel (string) | The control channel frequency used by the AP, its supported wireless standards and control/extension channel layout. |
security (string) | Authentication methods supported by the AP. |
| signal (integer) | Signal strength of the AP's beacons (in dBm). |
| ssid (string) | The extended service set identifier of the AP. |
| sta-count (integer) | The number of client devices associated with the AP. Only available if the AP includes this information in its beacons. |
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| Command parameters | |
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| Parameter | Description |
| duration (time interval) | Length of time after which the command will time out if no AP is found. Unlimited by default. |
| interval (time interval) | Time interval at which to update command output. Default: 1s. |
| mac-address (MAC) | Only attempt connecting to AP with the specified MAC (BSSID). Not set by default. |
| numbers (string) | Name or internal id of the interface with which to attempt connection. Not set by default. |
| ssid (string) | Only attempt to connect to APs with the specified SSID. Not set by default. |
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Information about the capabilities of each radio can be gained by running the `/interface/wifiwave2/radio print detail` command.
| Property | Description |
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| 2g-channels (list of integers) | Frequencies supported in the 2.4GHz band. |
| 5g-channels (list of integers) | Frequencies supported in the 5GHz band. |
| bands (list of strings) | Supported frequency bands, wireless standards and channel widths. |
| ciphers (list of strings) | Supported encryption ciphers. |
| countries (list of strings) | Regulatory domains supported by the interface. |
| min-antenna-gain (integer) | Minimum antenna gain permitted for the interface. |
| phy-id (string) | A unique identifier. |
| radio-mac (MAC) | MAC address of the radio interface. Can be used to match radios to interface configurations. |
| rx-chains (list of integers) | IDs for radio chains available for receiving radio signals. |
| tx-chains (list of integers) | IDs for radio chains available for transmitting radio signals. |
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The registration table contains read-only information about associated wireless devices.
| Parameter | Description |
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| authorized (boolean) (A) | True when the peer has successfully authenticated. |
| bytes (list of integers) | Number of bytes in packets transmitted to a peer and received from it. |
| interface (string) | Name of the interface, which was used to associate with the peer. |
| mac-address (MAC) | The MAC address of the peer. |
| packets (list of integers) | Number of packets transmitted to a peer and received from it. |
| rx-rate (string) | Bitrate of received transmissions from peer. |
| signal (integer) | Strength of signal received from the peer (in dBm). |
| tx-rate (string) | Bitrate used for transmitting to the peer. |
| uptime (time interval) | Time since association. |
De-authentication
Wireless peers can be manually de-authenticated (forcing re-association) by removing them from the registration table.
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/interface/wifiwave2/registration-table remove [find where mac-address=02:01:02:03:04:05] |
Regulatory domain information
Information about your regulatory domain, such as allowed frequencies, transmit power and DFS requirements can be found in the info menu.
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the peer (in dBm). | |
| tx-rate (string) | Bitrate used for transmitting to the peer. |
| uptime (time interval) | Time since association. |
De-authentication
Wireless peers can be manually de-authenticated (forcing re-association) by removing them from the registration table.
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/interface/wifiwave2/registration-table remove [find where mac-address=02:01:02:03:04:05] |
Regulatory domain information
Information about your regulatory domain, such as allowed frequencies, transmit power and DFS requirements can be found in the info menu.
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/interface/wifiwave2/info country-info Latvia |
WifiWave2 CAPsMAN
WifiWave2 CAPsMAN allows applying wireless settings to multiple MikroTik WifiWave2 AP devices from a central configuration interface.
More specifically, the Controlled Access Point system Manager (CAPsMAN) allows the centralization of wireless network management. When using the CAPsMAN feature, the network will consist of a number of 'Controlled Access Points' (CAP) that provide wireless connectivity and a 'system Manager' (CAPsMAN) that manages the configuration of the APs, it also takes care of client authentication.
WifiWave2 CAPsMAN only passes wireless configuration to the CAP, all forwarding decisions are left to the CAP itself - there is no CAPsMAN forwarding mode.
Requirements:
- Any RouterOS device, that supports the WifiWave2 package, can be a controlled wireless access point (CAP) as long as it has at least a Level 4 RouterOS license.
- WifiWave2 CAPsMAN server can be installed on any RouterOS device that supports the WifiWave2 package, even if the device itself does not have a wireless interface
- Unlimited CAPs (access points) supported by CAPsMAN
CAPsMAN Global Configuration
Menu: /interface/wifiwave2/capsman
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ca-certificate (auto | certificate name ) | Device CA certificate, CAPsMAN server requires a certificate, certificate on CAP is optional. |
| certificate (auto | certificate name | none; Default: none) | Device certificate |
| enabled (no | yes) | Disable or enable CAPsMAN functionality |
package-path (string |; Default: ) | Folder location for the RouterOS packages. For example, use "/upgrade" to specify the upgrade folder from the files section. If an empty string is set, CAPsMAN can use built-in RouterOS packages, note that in this case only CAPs with the same architecture as CAPsMAN will be upgraded. |
require-peer-certificate (yes | no; Default: no) | Require all connecting CAPs to have a valid certificate |
upgrade-policy (none | require-same-version | suggest-same-upgrade; Default: none) | Upgrade policy options
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| interfaces (all | interface name | none; Default: all) | Interfaces on which CAPsMAN will listen for CAP connections |
CAPsMAN Provisioning
Provisioning rules for matching radios are configured in /interface/wifiwave2/provisioning/ menu:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| action (create-disabled | create-enabled | create-dynamic-enabled | none; Default: none) | Action to take if rule matches are specified by the following settings:
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| comment (string; Default: ) | Short description of the Provisioning rule |
| common-name-regexp (string; Default: ) | Regular expression to match radios by common name. Each CAP's common name identifier can be found under "/interface/wifiwave2/radio" as value "REMOTE-CAP-NAME" |
| supported-bands (2ghz-ax | 2ghz-g | 2ghz-n | 5ghz-a | 5ghz-ac | 5ghz-ax | 5ghz-n; Default: ) | Match radios by supported wireless modes |
| identity-regexp (string; Default: ) | Regular expression to match radios by router identity |
| address-ranges (IpAddressRange[,IpAddressRanges] max 100x; Default: "") | Match CAPs with IPs within configured address range. |
| master-configuration (string; Default: ) | If action specifies to create interfaces, then a new master interface with its configuration set to this configuration profile will be created |
| name-format (cap | identity ; Default: cap) | specify the syntax of the CAP interface name creation
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| name-prefix (string; Default: ) | name prefix which can be used in the name-format for creating the CAP interface names |
| radio-mac (MAC address; Default: 00:00:00:00:00:00) | MAC address of radio to be matched, empty MAC (00:00:00:00:00:00) means match all MAC addresses |
| slave-configurations (string; Default: ) | If action specifies to create interfaces, then a new slave interface for each configuration profile in this list is created. |
| disabled (yes | no; Default: no) | Specifies if the provision rule is disabled. |
CAP configuration
Menu: /interface/wifiwave2/cap
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| caps-man-addresses (list of IP addresses; Default: empty) | List of Manager IP addresses that CAP will attempt to contact during discovery |
| caps-man-names () | An ordered list of CAPs Manager names that the CAP will connect to, if empty - CAP does not check Manager name |
| discovery-interfaces (list of interfaces;) | List of interfaces over which CAP should attempt to discover Manager |
lock-to-caps-man (no | yes; Default: no) | Sets, if CAP should lock to the first CAPsMAN it connects to |
slaves-static () | |
caps-man-certificate-common-names () | List of Manager certificate CommonNames that CAP will connect to, if empty - CAP does not check Manager certificate CommonName |
| certificate () | Certificate to use for authenticating |
| enabled (yes | no; Default: no) | Disable or enable the CAP feature |
| slaves-datapath () |
| Info |
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The interface that should act as CAP needs additional configuration under "interface/wifiwave2/set wifiX configuration.manager=" |
CAPsMAN - CAP configuration example:
CAPsMAN in WifiWave2 uses the same menu as a regular WifiWave2 interface, meaning when you pass configuration to CAPs, you have to use the same configuration, security, channel configuration, etc. as you would for regular WifiWave2 interfaces.
| Info |
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| You can configure sub configuration menus, directly under "/interface/wifiwave2/configuration" or reference previously created profiles in the main configuration profile |
CAPsMAN:
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#create a security profile
/interface wifiwave2 security
add authentication-types=wpa3-psk name=sec1 passphrase=HaveAg00dDay
#create configuraiton profiles to use for provisioning
/interface wifiwave2 configuration
add country=Latvia name=5ghz security=sec1 ssid=CAPsMAN_5
add name=2ghz security=sec1 ssid=CAPsMAN2
add country=Latvia name=5ghz_v security=sec1 ssid=CAPsMAN5_v
#configure provisioning rules, configure band matching as needed
/interface wifiwave2 provisioning
add action=create-dynamic-enabled master-configuration=5ghz slave-configurations=5ghz_v supported-bands=\
5ghz-n
add action=create-enabled master-configuration=2ghz supported-bands=2ghz-n
#enable CAPsMAN service
/interface wifiwave2 capsman
set ca-certificate=auto enabled=yes |
CAP:
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#enable CAP service, in this case CAPsMAN is on same LAN, but you can also specify "caps-man-addresses=x.x.x.x" here
/interface/wifiwave2/cap set enabled=yes
#set configuration.manager= on the WifiWave2 interface that should act as CAP
/interface/wifiwave2/set wifi1,wifi2 configuration.manager=capsman-or-local |
Replacing stock wireless
The wifiwave2 package can be installed on some products, which ship with the bundled 'wireless' package, replacing it.
| Warning |
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Installing the wifiwave2 package disables other means of configuring wireless interfaces. Before installation, make sure to back up any wireless and regular CAPsMAN configuration you may want to retain. |
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The following notable features of the bundled wireless package do not yet have equivalents in the wifiwave2 package
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- Station-bridging or other 4-address modes
- Nstreme and Nv2 wireless protocols
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