Mikrotik hAP – Change SSID via command line

Problem – Need 2.4 Ghz network enabled and SSID set to WiFi. Wireless router is behind a NAT, using UNMS to ssh into the radio, and from the radio ssh into hAP. Enter/Return key not working to run commands, so running the commands over ssh from the radio.

WA.v8.4.2# ssh admin@192.168.88.2  'interface wireless print'
admin@192.168.88.2's password: 
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0    name="wlan1" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=74:4D:28:0F:69:B3 
      arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR9300 mode=station ssid="MikroTik" 
      frequency=2412 band=2ghz-b/g channel-width=20mhz secondary-channel="" 
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=any vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1 
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes 
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default compression=no 

 1  R name="wlan2" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=74:4D:28:0F:69:B2 
      arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR9888 mode=ap-bridge ssid="WiFi" 
      frequency=5180 band=5ghz-n/ac channel-width=20mhz secondary-channel="" 
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=802.11 vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1 
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes 
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default compression=no 

WA.v8.4.2# ssh admin@192.168.88.2  'interface wireless set disabled=no ssid=WiFi wlan1'
admin@192.168.88.2's password: 
WA.v8.4.2# ssh admin@192.168.88.2  'interface wireless print'
admin@192.168.88.2's password: 
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0    name="wlan1" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=74:4D:28:0F:69:B3 
      arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR9300 mode=station ssid="WiFi" 
      frequency=2412 band=2ghz-b/g channel-width=20mhz secondary-channel="" 
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=any vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1 
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes 
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default compression=no 

 1  R name="wlan2" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=74:4D:28:0F:69:B2 
      arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR9888 mode=ap-bridge ssid="WiFi" 
      frequency=5180 band=5ghz-n/ac channel-width=20mhz secondary-channel="" 
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=802.11 vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1 
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes 
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default compression=no 

WA.v8.4.2# ssh admin@192.168.88.2  'interface wireless registration-table print'
admin@192.168.88.2's password: 
 # INTERFACE           RADIO-NAME       MAC-ADDRESS       AP  SIGNAL... TX-RATE
 0 wlan2                                A7:32:54:EE:E4:35 no  -77dBm... 18Mbps 
 1 wlan2                                34:7A:F4:43:AD:81 no  -69dBm... 6Mbps  

WA.v8.4.2# exit

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