[isf-wifidog] WifiDog .. migration from Nocat

[Proulx François]

Hello Alan,

Happy to hear that you got interested into Wifidog after our  
presentation at WSFII. We do not have a recent implementation doc, we  
are heading towards a completed v1.0 (should be around Christmas).  
Although, it's important to note that we, Ile Sans Fil, are using the  
current CVS version  of the Authentication Server in production (with  
60 hotspots, 10000+ users, often 40 users connected at once). I can  
recommend you to download the CVS version of the Authentication Server.

As for the gateway port (that runs on the WRT54g or any linux box),  
the recently released 1.1.3 is running on about 75% of our hotspots  
(should be pretty stable).

Feel free to post questions and comments to the list.


On 16-Oct-2005, at 17:47 , Alan Dawson wrote:

> Hi..
>
> I've been introduced to wifidog at the WSFII event in London recently.
>
> Are there any implementation docs, HowTO's, Whitepapers, or  
> examples out there ?
>
>
> We have a small wireless network in the UK, http:// 
> bcan.burngreave.net,
> currently based on NYC's pebble linux.
>
> Many of the nodes are linked together using WDS links.  Nocat is  
> used on the
> gateway hotspots without ( not all hotspots have a direct uplink to  
> the
> internet but get external access across a WDS link ) without MAC  
> address
> authentication ( ie with IgnoreMAC 1 ).
>
> The authentication is done against a flat file ( in
> /usr/local/nocat/etc/passwd)
>
> We're moving from pebble based AP's to the WRT54GS  ( its cheap and  
> runs linux
> ).  To remove the need to have a seperate PC doing Nocat at  
> gateways we'd like
> to run wifidog on them.  I presume it allows authenticated access  
> ( and not
> just a splash like nocatsplash ?)
>
> TIA
> AED
> -- 
> "If you make decisions about software -- or anything -- based  
> solely on
> short-term cost and benefit, someone with a longer view can easily
> manoeuver you into a trap from which it is hard to escape."
>
>
>
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