2011-10-11 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Grase-hotspot Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

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From: Tim White <ti***8@gmail.com>
Message Hash: d0435fc26d3efdb081f680f5f1f80b3bda7c4a78d3c98552a7586795b447f14a
Message ID: <4E94A770.7020902@gmail.com>
Reply To: <4E944625.5030907@htreasure.com>
UTC Datetime: 2011-10-11 13:30:40 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:30:40 +1000

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Still getting used to Transifex.
It seems we can have translation teams, where members of the team can 
only submit for the language that they are working on, or global writes 
that can submit to any language. For now I've made you a global writer, 
but if you let me know what language's you would like to work on, I'll 
set it up how Transifex suggests.

Tim

On 11/10/11 23:35, htreasure wrote:
> Hi every one,
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> i have an account with/*transifex*/ now here is my
> Username: * hidden_treasure12
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> i want to help with my spare time
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> kudos
> All Grase contributor
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> On 11/10/2011 13:56, gr***t@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
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>>     1. Re: Hello all! and some questions :-) (Tim White)
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>> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:56:09 +1000
>> From: Tim White<ti***8@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Hello all! and some questions :-)
>> To: GRASE Hotspot General Discussions
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>> Glad you got it working.
>>
>> The customisation can be very complex or simple. There are a number of
>> "hooks" in the template files, which basically just dump ether html or
>> css in at those places. That html and css is edited from the admin
>> interface. In the same location, you can disable most of the css and
>> other html that the templates contain giving you a very basic page (as
>> far down to just the login form). Using CSS you should be able to make
>> it anything you want!
>>
>> Depending on what kind of control you are thinking about, the latest
>> version snuck in some "filtering" without making a big deal of it.
>> Basically, the default DNS servers are now OpenDNS Family Shield (which
>> you are welcome to change), but the beauty is the Bogus NXDOMAIN option.
>> Setup OpenDNS to do your web filtering, and enable the Bogus NXDOMAIN
>> option and you won't have OpenDNS redirecting you to their search
>> everytime you miss type a url.
>>
>> Basically, any machine that has enough grunt to handle being a router
>> for the amount of traffic you want to carry, should be able to run the
>> hotspot given enough memory to also run the RADIUS and SQL servers. I'm
>> looking into methods of reducing those memory users as well! (i.e.
>> ability to run with nginx or lighty, and maybe a different sql server,
>> but that's much further down the track).
>>
>> Let us know how it works out for you!
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 11/10/11 22:15, Pollington, Glyn wrote:
>>> Hi Tim
>>>
>>> Thanks for the faster response!  After I posted that email, I
>>> restarted the server (having tried restarting chilli etc) and hey prestoJ
>>>
>>> Had a great time playing with it and am now currently installing it
>>> again on my even older Compaq evo m300 (as I am likely to give it
>>> away, I'm interested to see if it can cope -- the main limit will be
>>> the bandwidth between the AP and 100Mb port anyway.
>>>
>>> I have to say this product is fantastic and a donation will be coming
>>> your way real soon.  After fiddling with easyhotspot all weekend this
>>> has come really easy.  I am doing this for a local pub that doesn't
>>> just want to give out access without some control and this really fits
>>> the bill.  I'll be sure to read the archive as my plans for the proof
>>> of concept include customising the web portal.
>>>
>>> Regards and thanks.
>>>
>>> Glyn Pollington
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>>> *From:*Tim White [mailto:ti***8@gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* 11 October 2011 13:09
>>> *To:* GRASE Hotspot General Discussions
>>> *Subject:* Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Hello all! and some questions :-)
>>>
>>> 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 thehttp:/x.x.x.x/grase/radmin
>>> <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
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