[Radio_2] (5GHz) Channel= 36 (80MHz) TxPower= 23dBm Clients= 28 NoiseFloor= -92dBm
If you have ever performed a factory reset on an enterprise access point (AP), debugged a captive portal issue, or analyzed a support bundle from a major vendor, you have likely encountered this file. But what exactly is ecwifi.txt ? Is it a log, a configuration backup, or something else entirely? ecwifi.txt
[WLAN] SSID1= CorpNet (VLAN 101, WPA2) SSID2= GuestNet (VLAN 999, Open + Captive Portal) [Radio_2] (5GHz) Channel= 36 (80MHz) TxPower= 23dBm Clients=
[Errors] LastReboot= Watchdog timeout at 2025-01-15 03:22AM MemoryLeak= false [WLAN] SSID1= CorpNet (VLAN 101, WPA2) SSID2= GuestNet
[System] Model= Ruckus R720 Firmware= 3.6.2.0.1453 Uptime= 14d 8h 32m Temperature= 52C [Radio_1] (2.4GHz) Channel= 1 TxPower= 20dBm Clients= 12 NoiseFloor= -89dBm
| File | Purpose | Volatile? | Human-readable? | |------|---------|-----------|------------------| | | EC & radio state | Yes (regenerated often) | Yes | | wpa_supplicant.conf | Wi-Fi client credentials | No (persistent) | Yes (but PSKs hidden) | | hostapd.conf | AP daemon config | No | Yes | | crashlog.txt | Kernel panic dump | Yes | Rarely | | support.tar.gz | Bundle containing ecwifi.txt | Yes | No (compressed) | The Future of ecwifi.txt in Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi With the shift toward cloud-managed Wi-Fi (e.g., Ruckus Cloud, Meraki, Mist AI), the role of local text files like ecwifi.txt is evolving. Cloud dashboards now poll the EC status via APIs every few seconds, meaning the file is generated on-demand and streamed to the cloud rather than stored locally.
To access it on a live AP, you would typically SSH into the device and run commands like: