topic Re: Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity? in Unleashed

Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity?

grant_pinkos — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:29:57 GMT

Hi. We have about 10 people whose phones connect to our Ruckus Wireless ZoneFlex R310 Unleashed Indoor Access Point (9U1-R310-US02). Is there way for me to be notified (email or something else) with a timestamp when someone connects or disconnects to the network? It can be just the MAC address of their phone and the time connected / disconnected.

If the above is not possible, can I download a log of the connection activity (showing date & time)?

If it helps, I would be willing to purchase the Ruckus IoT server since that might be another way of getting this info, but I am not sure if the R310 works with the Ruckus IoT server.

Re: Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity?

dave_raines_86z — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:35:21 GMT

Yes, very easy to do. Mark the user as a favorite. Then go to Admin & Services, System Info, Enable EMail Server. Then Administration, Network Management, Alarm Notification. Check off Favorite Client Connect & Disconnect. Then E-Mail Notification below.

Re: Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity?

dave_raines_86z — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:35:56 GMT

To mark someone as a favorite select Clients, select the person and mark it.

Re: Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity?

grant_pinkos — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:42:46 GMT

Thank you. I will try this on Monday when I am able to log into the Ruckus AP. If I put a person(s) on the Guest Wifi, can I mark the user(s) as favorite do the same notifications?

Re: Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity?

dave_raines_86z — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:02:22 GMT

It's association with an AP regardless of which network the user is on.

Re: Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity?

eizens_putnins — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:06:44 GMT

If you are ready to get e-mails about each user connection, than your network isn't really used much... any decently loaded network can generate hundreds of e-mails about user association per day.

I would say you have to make your mind, what do you want. Do you want that your users use network or better not? If you provide credentials to connect, you should be more concerned about failed connections.

Access to network always must be secured, and it's easy to do using DPSK, for example.

Re: Notification when client connects or disconnects? Or log of weekly connection / disconnection activity?

grant_pinkos — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:33:10 GMT

@Dave: Your instructions work, but seemingly only when I deliberately connect or disconnect from the AP. For example, when I drive away (out of wifi range), I would expect an email notification, but this does not happen.

@eizens_putnins: This is not for users to use the network (I will set up rules that block all access). The dedicated email account to receive the notifications will not be checked by a human. Emails will be parsed and logged into a timesheet using Node-RED. So the "act" of someone's phone connecting (or disconnecting) to a dedicated wifi AP would be akin to a person clocking in or out.

If anyone has a better idea for using the Ruckus AP features to do what I have outlined above, I would like to hear it.