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AT-WR4500 Series - IEEE 802.11abgh Outdoor Wireless Routers

RouterOS v3 Configuration and User Guide

Example

[admin@AT-WR4562] interface wireless align> monitor wlan2
# ADDRESS SSID RXQ AVG-RXQ LAST-RX TXQ LAST-TX CORRECT
0 00:01:24:70:4B:FC wirelesa -60 -60 0.01 -67 0.01 100 %

[admin@AT-WR4562] interface wireless align>

4.3.13

Frequency Monitor

Description

Aproximately shows how loaded are the wireless channels.

Property Description

freq (read-only: integer) - shows current channel
use (read-only: percentage) - shows usage in current channel

Example

Monitor 802.11b network load:

[admin@AT-WR4562] interface wireless> frequency-monitor wlan1

FREQ USE
2412MHz 3.8%
2417MHz 9.8%
2422MHz 2%
2427MHz 0.8%
2432MHz 0%
2437MHz 0.9%
2442MHz 0.9%
2447MHz 2.4%
2452MHz 3.9%
2457MHz 7.5%
2462MHz 0.9%

To monitor other bands, change the the band setting for the respective wireless interface.

4.3.14

Manual Transmit Power Table

Submenu level: /interface wireless manual-tx-power-table

Description

In this submenu you can define signal strength for each rate. You should be aware that you can damage
your wireless card if you set higher output power than it is allowed.

The values in this table are set in dBm! NOT in mW! Therefore this table is used mainly to reduce the
transmit power of the card.

Property Description

manual-tx-powers (text) - define tx-power in dBm for each rate, separate by commas

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