plugin_name: charts.d.plugin modules: - meta: plugin_name: charts.d.plugin module_name: ap monitored_instance: name: Access Points link: "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/data-collection/networking-stack-and-network-interfaces/linux-access-points" categories: - data-collection.linux-systems.network-metrics icon_filename: "network-wired.svg" related_resources: integrations: list: [] info_provided_to_referring_integrations: description: "" keywords: - ap - access - point - wireless - network most_popular: false overview: data_collection: metrics_description: "The ap collector visualizes data related to wireless access points." method_description: "It uses the `iw` command line utility to detect access points. For each interface that is of `type AP`, it then runs `iw INTERFACE station dump` and collects statistics." supported_platforms: include: [Linux] exclude: [] multi_instance: false additional_permissions: description: "" default_behavior: auto_detection: description: "The plugin is able to auto-detect if you are running access points on your linux box." limits: description: "" performance_impact: description: "" setup: prerequisites: list: - title: "`iw` utility." description: "Make sure the `iw` utility is installed." configuration: file: name: charts.d/ap.conf options: description: | The config file is sourced by the charts.d plugin. It's a standard bash file. The following collapsed table contains all the options that can be configured for the ap collector. folding: title: "Config options" enabled: true list: - name: ap_update_every description: The data collection frequency. If unset, will inherit the netdata update frequency. default_value: 1 required: false - name: ap_priority description: Controls the order of charts at the netdata dashboard. default_value: 6900 required: false - name: ap_retries description: The number of retries to do in case of failure before disabling the collector. default_value: 10 required: false examples: folding: enabled: false title: "Config" list: - name: Change the collection frequency description: Specify a custom collection frequence (update_every) for this collector config: | # the data collection frequency # if unset, will inherit the netdata update frequency ap_update_every=10 # the charts priority on the dashboard #ap_priority=6900 # the number of retries to do in case of failure # before disabling the module #ap_retries=10 troubleshooting: problems: list: [] alerts: [] metrics: folding: title: Metrics enabled: false description: "" availability: [] scopes: - name: wireless device description: "These metrics refer to the entire monitored application." labels: [] metrics: - name: ap.clients description: Connected clients to ${ssid} on ${dev} unit: "clients" chart_type: line dimensions: - name: clients - name: ap.net description: Bandwidth for ${ssid} on ${dev} unit: "kilobits/s" chart_type: area dimensions: - name: received - name: sent - name: ap.packets description: Packets for ${ssid} on ${dev} unit: "packets/s" chart_type: line dimensions: - name: received - name: sent - name: ap.issues description: Transmit Issues for ${ssid} on ${dev} unit: "issues/s" chart_type: line dimensions: - name: retries - name: failures - name: ap.signal description: Average Signal for ${ssid} on ${dev} unit: "dBm" chart_type: line dimensions: - name: average signal - name: ap.bitrate description: Bitrate for ${ssid} on ${dev} unit: "Mbps" chart_type: line dimensions: - name: receive - name: transmit - name: expected