This article describes a CLI method for viewing information about Wi-Fi clients connected to an SSID hosted by FortiGate.
FortiGate.
Use the following command to display the connected Wi-Fi client information on the FortiGate.
FortiGate-61F # diagnose wireless-controller wlac -d s
vf=0 mpId=0 wtp=2 rId=1 wlan= Guest vlan_id=0 ip=192.168.100.54 ip6=:: mac=11:11:11:xx:xx:xx vci= host= user= group= signal=0 noise=0 idle=43941 bw=0 use=3 chan=6 radio_type=11AX security=captive mpsk= encrypt=none cp_authed=no l3r=1,0 G=0.0.0.0:0,0.0.0.0:0-0-0 -- 0.0.0.0:0 0,0 online=yes
vf=0 mpId=0 wtp=2 rId=2 wlan=Home vlan_id=0 ip=192.168.52.4 ip6=fe80::c95:14a:d5f9:1397 mac=a6:e2:b7:xx:xx:xx vci= host= user= group= signal=-74 noise=-95 idle=3 bw=0 use=5 chan=64 radio_type=11AX_5G security=wpa2_only_personal mpsk= encrypt=aes cp_authed=no l3r=1,0 G=0.0.0.0:0,0.0.0.0:0-0-0 -- 0.0.0.0:0 0,0 online=yes mimo=2
This output can be further filtered based on the Wifi SSID.
For example, if the SSID is 'Home'.
FortiGate-61F # diagnose wireless-controller wlac -d sta | grep wlan=Home
vf=0 mpId=0 wtp=2 rId=2 wlan=Home vlan_id=0 ip=192.168.52.4 ip6=fe80::c95:14a:d5f9:1397 mac=a6:e2:b7:xx:xx:xx vci= host= user= group= signal=-73 noise=-95 idle=4 bw=0 use=5 chan=64 radio_type=11AX_5G security=wpa2_only_personal mpsk= encrypt=aes cp_authed=no l3r=1,0 G=0.0.0.0:0,0.0.0.0:0-0-0 -- 0.0.0.0:0 0,0 online=yes mimo=2
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