My follow up to this post did not go through last night because of my list settings. Posting it here, apologies if I broke the list thread.
> Message: 17 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:36:26 -0400 > From: Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Motorola II] SilverLining > To: [email protected] > Cc: WISPA General List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Can you point out where to start? How does it work? What libraries is it > dependent on? On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > So it must be the gateway, correct? Can I run dhcpd on the same box? That's correct, it is the gateway for the network segment where you provide visitor based access. A dhcp server is actually required with the current version, but may be optional in future versions. I've been using the dnsmasq dhcp server for SilverSplash. I assume you meant a dhcp server instead of the client daemon? - Hide quoted text - > > On Aug 12, 2010 1:55 AM, "Fred Moyer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Josh Luthman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can you point ... > > It uses the iptables program to configure various firewall chains to > route traffic depending on what options the end user selects in the > web page that is presented to the user when they connect and attempt > to access the WAN. > > You'll need to install iptables, Apache, and mod_perl using whatever > packaging system that your Linux distribution uses. > > From there, you can grab a copy of cpanminus (a great tool for install > Perl modules) at http://xrl.us/cpanminus > > Then install SilverSplash with 'perl cpanminus App::SilverSplash'. > > If you can manage a Linux box, you have the skills to set it up > successfully. > > On Aug 12, 2010 1:15 AM, "Fred Moyer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can run it on any Linux box that has Apache 2.x installed. It has > been tested on Centos 5.5, so you can install most of the dependencies > easily with yum, and then install SilverSplash from CPAN. From there > it is just a couple of text file modifications and testing to get up > and running. > > Happy to answer any questions here about it, but for both the users of > this list and the SilverSplash list, in depth discussions are most > helpful at the captive portal group. The development is being hosted > at github, so any developers here are welcome to hack it up and submit > patches back to the master branch. > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Josh Luthman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Great to hear.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
