* Mike Migurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20040114 01:46]: wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to WAP so I apologize if my questions are uninformed. I'm > attempting to set myself up with my own WAP gateway, because Verizon's > default MSN gateway isn't useful to me. I have attempted to use > waptunnel.com's, but its availability has been less than passable. > > My question is this: is it enough to have a server with a static IP, > running kannel's wapbox software, to have a WAP gateway?
Yes, you simply run two of kannel's apps - wapbox and bearerbox and
voila!
> There is a section in the user docs that describes modems and other associated
> hardware, but nothing else I have seen in the docs or in the past 5 months
> of this list's archives (I've checked back to August) indicates that I
> might need anything other than a valid IP address.
This is true.
> I have kannel installed, and I'm running bearerbox and wapbox (on RH 9). I
> have attempted to telnet to the configured port from a remote machine to
> verify that the server is running, and have seen connection attempts
> correctly logged by bearerbox (though not by wapbox). When I try to do
> this same thing using my handset, a Nokia 3589i, the server connection
> times out, and the bearerbox log does not register any attempt.
Perhaps you should show what your config looks like. I was once told
that once you install kannel and you believe it's running, you can use
an application called fakewap in the distro to test if your setup is
actually doing what you expect.
> What am I missing here? Could this be a case of my provider blocking my
> ability to connect to third-party gateways?
If your box has a static IP, then the problem is in your box, not your
provider. Are you able to browse/ping other sites from your box? If so,
I believe any connections from your box to the outside (even though
originated from a wap browser) are normal TCP conections and so should
not be a problem.
> I have tried to use the same port as verizon with no success, and I
> can also connect to phone.com's gateway if I need to, so I'm not sure
> that's the issue.
Your box (wap gateway/kannel config) could be the problem here...
> Any help, explanation, or pointers to a more informative source than
> kannel.org's docs in the case of an "RTFM" would be greatly appreciated.
There is no source that is more informative than kannel.org's docs when
it comes to run kannel ;)
Here is my kannel.conf. You can try it out. You only need to change the
paths for the log files. The log levels are fine for testing...
# Kannel WAP/SMS gateway configuration
group = core
admin-port = 13000
wapbox-port = 13002
admin-password = CHANGE_ME
status-password = CHANGE_ME_TOO
wdp-interface-name = "*"
box-deny-ip = "*.*.*.*"
box-allow-ip = "127.0.0.1"
admin-allow-ip = "127.0.0.1"
admin-deny-ip = "*.*.*.*"
log-level = 3
log-file = "/usr/local/kannel-1.3.1/logs/bearerbox.log"
access-log = "/usr/local/kannel-1.3.1/logs/access.log"
group = wapbox
bearerbox-host = localhost
log-file = "/usr/local/kannel-1.3.1/logs/wapbox.log"
log-level = 3
syslog-level = none
access-log = "/usr/local/kannel-1.3.1/logs/wapaccess.log"
cheers
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