Cacti - Mikrotik Signal Strength Graph for client connection

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Well it took me some time and confusion to get this graph going; at the end of the day it was a configuration error and the misuse/confusion between different templates found on the net.

In summary this is the correct parameters:

Cacti version: 0.8.7e
Mikrotik Router OS: 4.2

Device:

• Added device with SNMP v1 & Mikrotik Template


• Make sure the Associated Data Queries - Mikrotik - Wireless - Client is working.

Data Sources:

• Selected Data Template - Mikrotik - Wireless - Signal Strength ( NOT Mikrotik - Wireless - RegTable Signal Strength)


• Custom Data - Index Value - This is the numerical value (e.g. 4) corresponding to the wireless interface index id you want the signal strength measured for.


• Custom Data - Index Type - ifIndex

Data Queries:

• Use the Mikrotik - Wireless - Client data query located at <path_cacti>/resource/snmp_queries/mikrotik_wireless_client.xml and make sure the Data input method is: Get SNMP Data (indexed)

That should do the trick.

Where did I go wrong:

I had to add a new device for this to work, but once working I could duplicate the graph and associate it with the correct device. - don't know if this is a cacti bug or not?

I used the RegTable signal strength data template in error