[isf-wifidog] installing auth server
Jamie Ray
jamieray at knet.ca
Lun 28 Mar 09:50:53 EST 2005
Thanks for all this, another thing...is there an auth server here someone
runs that I can associate my gateway to for a trial run and make sure I am
configuring my WRT properly?? What would I need for this?
thanks
Jamie
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:16:47PM -0600, Jamie Ray wrote:
>>
>> I have my wifidog installation on my wrt (2.2)
>> Next I need to install my auth server...but I'm wondering what OS to
>> build
>> this on?
>> I have a working Suse Linux webserver already with Apache2 running on
>> it,
>> and am just now figuring out how to put php onto it. Is this a suitable
>> OS
>> to install the auth server onto?
>
> Most linux distributions are fine. I'm not 100% sure as to which
> version of PHP to install, but it shouldn't be too hard. The PHP website
> is a good place to start form.
>
> But first, you'll need to have a database running. We use
> PostgreSQL and you can find RPMs for it at their download site (see
> http://www.postgresql.org/). Configuring the database can be a bit
> daunting at first, but PostgreSQL has a decent manual on their web
> sites and you can dig up a few links to books from the website. I
> know that Bruce Mumbjian's book was on the web and the O'reilly one
> as well.
>
> When you do install and/or compile PHP, make sure that you
> build support for PostgreSQL. Also, it sometime is easier to get PHP
> to work with Apache 1.3. I'm not sure if that's still the case now.
>
>> Also, I am having a tough time figuring out how to edit the wifidog.conf
>> file correctly. Is there a preconfigued one out there I can compare with
>> and use as a model? This is quite a challenge as I don't know anyone
>> close
>> by to go to for help with this stuff, (mainly the linux workings) I have
>> read through all of the documentation on the Wifidog website and
>> OpenWRT,
>> which has helped alot. But there are some basic things I think I am not
>> understanding.
>
> Can someone else from Ile Sans Fil send him a sample config file
> from one of our AP?
>
> Alex
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