2011-12-18 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Grase-hotspot Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6

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Thanks Tim for quick reply,

However about the 3rd question

Here is my hard ware info

HP Compaq small form
Processor 2xpentium R Dual-core CPU @ 2.60GHZ

Memory 2034.!

HDD 80GIG

Network interface Intel Corp 82566DM-2 gigabit network


Tim I have three of this hard ware that I can use to run a test......


Can you give me a url link to how to do the configuration?


Thanks all grase contributor.



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> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:13:49 +0800
> From: Tim White<ti***8@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Ip address against Mac address
> To: GRASE Hotspot General Discussions
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> On 15/12/11 22:38, info wrote:
>> Hello All Grase Contributor,
>>
>> I don't know if all this possible,
>>
>> 1. I want to create computer for i-pad and i need to enter the Mac
>> address, i login as
>>
>> admin but can not fine the mac address (until when look through the
>> phone),
>>
>> Tim can this be possible in admin panel?
> If the ipad has had a session through the hotspot (so you've logged in
> to the internet), then in the session logs, if you click on it's ip
> address in there, it will give you the mac address. There is currently
> no easy way if it hasn't had a session. It's probably a good idea to
> open a feature request for "showing all active dhcp clients" so you can
> easily add the machine that way.
>
>> 2. Tim just think (if an admin forget his or her password) there is no
>> session to reset admin password
>>
>> or how can i reset my password as an Admin?
> Because the admin accounts are tied to anything like an email address,
> there is no easy way to make a password reset that only the admin can
> use. If there are multiple admins, another admin can just delete and
> recreate the other admins account. If all admins have forgotten their
> password then you'll need to edit the mysql database to reset the passwords.
>
>> 3. going on city wide scale hotspot (how can i grase admint more than
>> 250 Ip address at a time) or is it
>>
>> possible for grase to handle more the 250 ip address at simultaneously?
> In the network settings, it has a netmask field. Just increase the size
> of the netmask to get more than ~250 ips. However, you probably want to
> do some reading about netmasks and networks before you increase it
> really large. You are better running multiple servers depending on how
> powerful a server you are running. Grase can handle many users, but can
> your hardware?
> On a city wide scale, how are all the wireless access points connecting
> back to grase? It may be better to have a number of smaller "hotspot
> zones" that all use the 1 grase server, but each handles it's own
> traffic. (Install grase on each machine, but change the mysql and
> freeradius settings to point to a master server. Currently not easy to
> setup if you don't understand the basics of how grase work, but should
> be fairly simple.
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> Tim
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> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:22:50 +0800
> From: Tim White<ti***8@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Broken hotspot :-(
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> Hi Glyn
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> On 16/12/11 05:19, Pollington, Glyn wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I have been running a test setup of the hotspot in my house for a
>> while and I will soon be installing it in a local pub for some real
>> testing, but it seems to be broken and I can't see what is wrong.
>>
>> I recently updated using the standard "sudo apt-get update; sudo
>> apt-get upgrade" command, and it seemed to do some upgrades to dhcp,
>> but I find that clients no longer get to the login screen.
>>
> I've not made any public changes recently, so if it did an update it
> could be a normal security update. When you say dhcp, do you mean the
> dhcp3 client that is installed in Ubuntu, or a dhcp server? The only
> "dhcp" server that should be running is dnsmasq, which from your picture
> below does appear to be running.
>> I have a machine account set up for my iPod Touch and that still
>> connects and gets through to the internet no problem, but any other
>> client fails to get to the login and just reports dns errors.  I think
>> the problem lies around the VPN as can be seen from this screenshot of
>> the system status screen, but I can't work out what might have changed
>> to break it.  Clients get an ip address and can ping 10.1.0.1 but even
>> going to that address in a browser fails to get to the 'it works'
>> screen. Any attempt to go to a web page just fails with a dns error.
>>
>> I am not very familiar with Linux so would be grateful for any
>> assistance to help me get this working again as I am supposed to be
>> installing it over the coming weeks.
>>
> The first thing to check is the internet access on the Grase Hotspot
> server. Looking at the screenshot you have taken, it doesn't appear to
> be able to even get a connection to the internet. The VPN not working is
> nothing to worry about as it doesn't rely on the vpn to operate.
> However, as you can see in your screenshot, the gateway is reachable,
> but the internet is not (Internet (Google SA) and Internet (Google All))
>
> What ip address are clients getting? If they can ping 10.1.0.1, there is
> no reason they shouldn't be able to get the "It works" page.
>
> Also, that server monitor page is a little outdated as the note at the
> top says, what does the /grase/radmin/ status page (first one when you
> login) show?
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> Tim
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> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:41:40 +0000
> From: "Pollington, Glyn"<Gl***n@hp.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Broken hotspot :-(
> To: Tim White<ti***8@gmail.com>, GRASE Hotspot General
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> Hi Tim
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> Thanks for the reply.  The internet connection is working, As I say machine accounts (both IPod Touches in the house) not only get a valid ip (10.1.0.x) with the correct gateway and dns (10.1.0.1) they can also connect on the internt and retrieve pages.  Also from the SSH console It seems that the update is working and
>
> Other clients get an IP address in the correct range and can ping the gateway.
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> Sorry for the screenshots, but they say a picture tells a thousand words.  The second shows the post login screen at the ssh term and internet access working from the command line.
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> Thanks and regards
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