2011-10-11 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Hello all! and some questions :-)

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From: Tim White <ti***8@gmail.com>
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UTC Datetime: 2011-10-11 05:08:53 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:08:53 +1000

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Hi Glyn

Even though Linux isn't your native environment, you seem to be doing 
well so far!

The first place to look is in /var/log/syslog for any errors related to 
chilli. It could be possible that the packets are arriving, but 
something on the server is causing problems.
The other thing to do is check that the packets are actually arriving! 
Do "ifconfig" take note of the packet counts (RX Packets and TX Packets) 
and then get your client to attempt DHCP, do ifconfig again and check 
that the packet counts have gone up. If the packets aren't even making 
it to the server, then I'd be looking at the hardware.
I normally test without a wireless access point, with a computer 
directly connected (or through a unmanaged switch) to the server before 
I put the wireless in.

The other thing to check is that your home network isn't using ip's in 
the 10.1.0.0/24 range, as this will cause major problems!

The archives for the mailing list are at 
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=grase-hotspot 
which isn't the easiest archive viewer. Otherwise 
http://grasehotspot.org/ is the place to go. If you do find a bug, send 
it to the mailing list and if you can, report it at 
http://trac.grasehotspot.org/

 From what you have said so far, I can't see anything obvious as to why 
it isn't working. You seem to have done everything correctly. (And 
manually setting sql/radius passwords shouldn't cause problems). I would 
check that you can access the http:/x.x.x.x/grase/radmin page from the 
LAN side, as this should be accessible as well. (And if there is a 
password problem, this might give you a clue)

As for a GUI. You can install all the standard Ubuntu/Linux packages, 
for example you could install ubuntu-desktop to get a full desktop 
environment. Depending if you want local gui or web gui will depend on 
what you install. I use Webmin for remote web based adminstration tools. 
For a gui, probably the XFCE desktop environment is a good one.

One last thought. It could be possible that the driver for the PCMCIA 
card doesn't allow promiscuous mode which is needed for coova-chilli. If 
you edit the /etc/network/interfaces file, you can change the eth0 to 
eth1 so that the LAN connection is via the PCMCIA card, and then the 
Hotspot will be via eth0. It would be worth checking that the PCMCIA 
card isn't the problem.

Hope that gives you something to start with.

Tim

On 11/10/11 20:21, Pollington, Glyn wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> As you can see Linux is not my native environment so please forgive 
> ignorance of such thingsJ
>
> After spending some time playing with Easyhotspot and getting almost 
> to a proof of concept readiness, but bothered by the fact the project 
> is quite buggy and unlikely to be developed further, I heard about 
> GRASE and decided to move over to this product.
>
> I have completed a happy error free installation, with everything 
> default except setting a SQL / Radius password rather than letting it 
> create a random one and everything looks fine. But now I am stuck:
>
> IFCONFIG reveals that eth0 is fine on my home network and browsing to 
> its address gets me to the 'It works' page.  ETH1 shows nothing, which 
> I expect is correct and TUN0 has 10.1.0.1 /24, but there it stops.  I 
> have that network into a simple switch / hub connected to the wifi AP 
> and a management laptop.  Both were set for DHCP but seem not to get 
> an address (as happened with Easyhotspot) and when I set the laptop to 
> 10.1.0.254 /24 to test I am unable to browse to 
> http://10.1.0.1/grase/radmin with a connection time out.
>
> So: some specific questions:
>
> Have I done something obviously wrong
>
> Is there  an archive of this mail list so I can study previous issues 
> q&a etc.
>
> Is there a FAQ?
>
> How might a simpleton like me install a GUI on top of the server which 
> I can fire up to understand more of the system.
>
> My test environment details.
>
> Home LAN with DHCP, local DNS with forwarding, default gateway is MS 
> ISA server as firewall / proxy
>
> Grase box: Compaq M700 laptop with D-Link PCMCIA card for ETH1
>
> Currently wifi AP set to get dhcp address, but once I can connect to 
> the management page I will be able to address that if necessary
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> regards
>
> Glyn Pollington
> Microsoft Technology Group
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