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Aruba Wireless AP Counting clients

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I'm trying get PRTG to give me the number of clients attached to our AP's. I have an snmp command:

snmpwalk -v2c -c COMMUNITY ADDRESS SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14823.2.3.3.1.2.4.1.3

This will return a list of clients connected, so by adding | wc -l I can count them

snmpwalk -v2c -c xxx xxx SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14823.2.3.3.1.2.4.1.3wc -l

But how do I make PRTG count the number of lines returned in SNMP? I've tried asking just on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.14823.2.1.1.1 But of course it just returns a list of clients, so it doesn't understand it. Is there a way to use the advanced snmp to count the lines, instead of building a giant custom sensor for this?

aruba network snmp wifi

Created on Oct 31, 2018 4:35:25 PM

Last change on Nov 1, 2018 10:51:34 AM by  Andreas Günther [Paessler Support]



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Ok, I got a script created, by butchering the BGP script elsewhere:

# Monitor Status of Aruba Wireless AP
#
# Parameters in PRTG should be: 
# -hostaddr '%host' -community '%snmpcommunity' -port '161' -timeout '5'
# Alternatively (without placeholders):
# -hostaddr 'ap.domain.tld' -community 'public' -port '161' -timeout '5'
#
# Requites net-snmp installed and in the path since it will use snmpwalk.exe (http://www.net-snmp.org/)
#
# It's recommended to use large scanning intervals for exe/xml scripts. (Not below 300 seconds)


param(
    [string]$hostaddr = "router.domain.tld",
    [string]$community = "public",
    [string]$port = "161",
    [string]$timeout = "5",
    [string]$troubleshooting = 0
)

$version = "0.1"

$queryMeasurement = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
$walkresult = (c:\snmpwalk\snmpwalk.exe -Ln -On -v 2c -c $community $hostaddr":"$port  ".1.3.6.1.4.1.14823.2.3.3.1.2.4.1.3" -t $timeout -l | Measure-Object -Line | Select-Object -expand Lines)

if ($troubleshooting -eq 1){
    c:\snmpwalk\snmpwalk.exe -Ln -On -v 2c -c $community $hostaddr":"$port "1.3.6.1.4.1.14823.2.1.1.1" -t $timeout | Measure-Object -Line | Select-Object -expand Lines
    Exit
    }

#Check if snmwalk.exe suceeded.
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0 ){
    write-host "<prtg>"
    write-host "<error>1</error>"
    write-host "<text>Error: $($walkresult) / ScriptV: $($version) / PSv: $($PSVersionTable.PSVersion)</text>"
    write-host "</prtg>"
    Exit
}

write-host "<prtg>"

write-host "<result>"
write-host "<channel>Clients connected</channel>"
write-host "<value>"$walkresult"</value>"
write-host "</result>"

write-host "</prtg>"

This will return the number of clients connected to the 'controllerless' instant AP Aruba system. It requires an SNMPWALK.EXE to be placed in a c:\snmpwalk\ folder

Created on Nov 1, 2018 10:35:22 AM

Last change on Nov 1, 2018 11:32:45 PM by  Benjamin Day [Paessler Support] (1,441) 2 1




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