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On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 16:12 -0700, Steven Kurylo wrote:
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> It would make sense to include that snippet of info in the
> instruction, cryptic one too, about getting iptables up. It now
> appears to me that the only iptables setup required is to bridge two
> NICs. WiFiDog does the rest... except for refinements as you noted.
You don't have to bridge your network (I never have), but certainly it
can be a valid configuration. However you don't need to touch iptables
to setup a bridge, so I'm not sure where you ran into trouble.
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You are right, it is not actually network bridging. Rather it is configuring iptables to forward traffic on one subnet to another.
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The wifidog documentation assumes you already have a valid working
network. While I haven't had an issue with the documentation, it is
sparse. I'm sure more documentation will be welcomed.
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Actually, the Debian specific documentation (<A HREF="http://dev.wifidog.org/wiki/doc/install/debian)">http://dev.wifidog.org/wiki/doc/install/debian)</A> emphasizes ensuring that iptables are correctly setup.
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> Thanks again for your help. I think I almost have a working hotspot.
> Now if I could just figure out where to specify a SMTP server ....
It uses PHPMailer by default, which send email directly to other SMTP
servers. You can change this in config.php to use the local server
"sendmail" or a remote server "smtp".
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I figured that there had to be somewhere to specify the outgoing mail configuration. I finally found it in config.php. The documentation indicated that having a local mail server would make life easier but indicated little else... like the default config being PHPMailer, which did not work out of the box. I did not install Postfix as suggested because I already have a server running on my network.<BR>
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Anyhow, I now have a working, albeit minimal, WiFiDog Hotspot. I can even connect with my HTC Touch! Kudos to the developers. Great job folks! I love the idea of setting the whole thing up on a PC (router solutions just do not appeal to me). <BR>
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My WiFiDog hardware, all found laying around the house:
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1>an HP Pavilion 486 MHz PC (12 or 14 yrs old?) w/ 190 MB RAM & 80 GB HD (using only about 1.5 gig of it),
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=2>a DLink DWL-G700AP on the lan side, and,
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=3>a DLink DWL-G122 on the "Internet" side.
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The DWL-G122 actually connects to my main router which, in turn, is connected to a DSL modem on a 5 Mb/s DSL line.<BR>
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Best regards,<BR>
Dennis
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