WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) feature lets to connect WiFi devices (e.g. wireless printers) to a router’s secure WiFi network without selecting a network name (SSID) and entering a password.
Wireless MikroTik routers support the WPS feature and are supplied with either physical or virtual WPS button.
This short note shows how to find and push the WPS button on the MikroTik router from a command-line (terminal) or Winbox/Webfig interface.
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MikroTik’s WPS Button
In Winbox/Webfig the WPS button can be found on a “Quick Set” page:
You can also find the WPS button if you go to “Wireless” and double-click on one of the wireless interfaces:
If after pushing the “WPS Accept” button it seems that nothing happens, you can check the logs to get more details:
ℹ️ WPS Accept: By pushing either physical or virtual WPS button on a MikroTik router you enable the “WPS Accept” function. If withing 2 minutes the WPS process isn’t initiated, the “WPS Accept” function will be stopped.
To push the WPS button on the MikroTik router using the command line (terminal), execute:
[admin@MikroTik] > /interface wifiwave2 print - sample output - Flags: M - MASTER; B - BOUND; R - RUNNING Columns: NAME, CONFIGURATION.MODE, CONFIGURATION.SSID # NAME CONFIGURATION.MODE CONFIGURATION.SSID 0 MBR wifi1 ap MikroTik-AAAAAA 1 MBR wifi2 ap MikroTik-BBBBBB [admin@MikroTik] > /interface wifiwave2 wps-push-button wifi1 [admin@MikroTik] > /interface wifiwave2 wps-push-button wifi2 [admin@MikroTik] > /log print follow - sample output - 21:04:20 wireless,info wifi1: WPS button pushed 21:04:34 wireless,info wifi2: WPS button pushed 21:06:20 wireless,info wifi1: WPS walk time expired 21:06:34 wireless,info wifi2: WPS walk time expired -- Ctrl-C to quit. Space prints separator. New entries will appear at bottom.
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