<div dir="ltr"><div>I thought it was possible to have a 2nd AP in the current version.... or am I confused?<br><br></div>-Georgia<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Ben West <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@gowasabi.net" target="_blank">ben@gowasabi.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Thanks for the response. I do understand problems with nodogsplash have been ongoing (as observed via github chatter), so I hope the switch (back?) to luci-splash serves to resolve issues. Also, yeah, I had guessed adding quickstart fields supporting an additional private AP would be straightforward. I can at least confirm Commotion v1.1 appears to tolerate manual edits to support a 2nd AP, although I didn't exhaustively exercise the web UI after making config edits in this case. Also can confirm popularity of request for 2nd AP in many situations.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Wonderful progress from v1.0! Keep up the excellent work!</p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 21, 2015 2:36 PM, "Josh King" <<a href="mailto:jking@opentechinstitute.org" target="_blank">jking@opentechinstitute.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey Ben,<br>
<br>
I'm glad to hear it worked well! With regards to the splash screen<br>
issue, we're planning on switching back to an upgraded version of<br>
luci_splash from nodogsplash for a variety of reasons, including general<br>
stability and resource usage. That work should make it into a v1.2 release.<br>
<br>
That's interesting about the private SSID, I'm sure it would be possible<br>
to add functionality for easily adding an additional one into the web<br>
interface.<br>
<br>
On 01/21/2015 02:37 PM, Ben West wrote:<br>
> I ended up being out of town on the day of, but I lent a Nanostation M2<br>
> flashed with the pre-compiled image for Commotion Grumpy Cat v1.1 for<br>
> use this weekend at a local hacker space's fundraiser<br>
> (<a href="http://archreactor.org" target="_blank">http://archreactor.org</a>). I originally set up 2 Nanos, not knowing if<br>
> the wired uplink would be a close enough to the venue location for one<br>
> or two nodes, but they ended up only needing one.<br>
><br>
> Per request, I manually edited<br>
> /etc/config/{dhcp,firewall,network,wireless} to include an additional<br>
> "lanb" network and WPA2 SSID, w/o captive portal, for use by the<br>
> festival organizers. Specifically, so they could use Square dongles on<br>
> some tablets to collect ticket sales and whatnot. I also edited<br>
> /etc/config/qos to set 10M/1M down/up limits on the wan interface, per<br>
> request from the venue providing the uplink.<br>
><br>
> The single Nanostation worked very well for this purpose, and updating<br>
> minor details like nodogsplash portal welcome blurb via the web UI<br>
> didn't appear to clobber the manual edits I had made to config files.<br>
><br>
> Positive feedback:<br>
> - The Quickstart setup for both Nanos went just fune, i.e. connecting to<br>
> the eth0 port via DHCP lease after flashing and then browsing to<br>
> <a href="https://thisnode" target="_blank">https://thisnode</a>.<br>
> - The additional lanb network/SSID I added to each node maintained its<br>
> NAT/routing just fine, even when the nodes toggled their<br>
> repeater/gateway roles based on which was connected to the wired uplink.<br>
> - Updating the captive portal welcome blurb via <a href="https://thisnode" target="_blank">https://thisnode</a> was<br>
> very straightforward for the festival organizer.<br>
><br>
> Issue observed:<br>
> - The nodogsplash captive portal would timeout occasionally on initial<br>
> capture of the client's port 80 session (i.e. no portal page would<br>
> appear), or clicking on the Internet icon wouldn't reliably follow<br>
> through. In my own testing, the couple times I observed the portal page<br>
> display, but click-thru stick, actual Internet access appeared to be<br>
> working thereafter (i.e. I could open another browser tab to wherever).<br>
> On the times when I observed the initial portal page not disaply, I did<br>
> have to open additional browser tabs to get the portal page to<br>
> download. I think this is a known issue.<br>
><br>
> Also, I can confirm from this particular festival, and other similar<br>
> community events where a customizable portal is desired, the request for<br>
> a 2nd private SSID is common.<br>
><br>
> Finally, the hacker space folks were very happy with how the node worked<br>
> for them! No comments from event-goers about any problems using the<br>
> public SSID / portal.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Ben West<br>
> <a href="http://gowasabi.net" target="_blank">http://gowasabi.net</a><br>
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