[Commotion-discuss] Commotion-discuss Digest, Vol 13, Issue 8

Dan Staples danstaples at opentechinstitute.org
Mon Oct 21 15:54:11 UTC 2013


There currently isn't a way to make a profile from scratch AFAIK, but it
sounds like a good idea to add that functionality. It would be great to
be able to put together a profile out of the node's current running
settings.

On 10/21/2013 11:50 AM, Dan Hastings wrote:
> Yeah it finally worked after changed all of those profiles default DNS
> to the nameserver I wanted to use. I was using DR2 on those nodes.  I
> understand that once you do quickstart your profile is the "quickstart
> profile" but I can't figure out how to make another profile from scratch
> in the web interface.
> On 10/21/13 5:03 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
>> I am hoping Seamus can chime in with the LuCI error regarding QS values.
>>
>> Commotion comes with a few default profiles (defaultMesh, defaultAP,
>> etc). But once you go through the QuickStart, the node creates and
>> starts using another set of profiles: quickstartPlug, quickstartMesh,
>> quickstartAP, quickstartSec (or something similar). So those are the
>> profiles you will want to change.
>>
>> When I get into the office today I'll take a look at the web interface
>> for changing the profiles. Are you using DR1 or DR2?
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On 10/18/2013 06:32 AM, Daniel Hastings wrote:
>>> Changed the nameservers on the default plug and access point interface
>>> but still was resolving with 8.8.8.8 
>>>
>>> Oct 18 10:14:32 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info <http://daemon.info>
>>> dnsmasq[3142]: forwarded kat.ph <http://kat.ph> to 8.8.8.8
>>>
>>> I also changed the default dns to 208.67.222.222 on the mesh and on the
>>> sec.  
>>>
>>> I'm still confused how to edit a profile under commotion > mesh profile
>>> - I selected interface > ap (using quickstartAp)
>>>
>>> profile > defaultAP and got the following error message
>>>
>>> /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:448: Failed to execute call dispatcher target for entry '/admin/commotion/meshprofile_submit'.
>>> The called action terminated with an exception:
>>> ...sr/lib/lua/luci/controller/commotion/meshprofile.lua:308: attempt to index field 'QS' (a nil value)
>>> stack traceback:
>>> 	[C]: in function 'assert'
>>> 	/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:448: in function 'dispatch'
>>> 	/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:195: in function </usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:194>
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>
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>>>     Today's Topics:
>>>
>>>        1. Web Browser Certificate Error after Factory       Reset (Dan
>>>     Hastings)
>>>        2. DNS Issues (Daniel Hastings)
>>>        3. Re: DNS Issues (Ben West)
>>>        4. Re: DNS Issues (Andrew Reynolds)
>>>        5. Re: DNS Issues (Daniel Hastings)
>>>
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>>>
>>>     Message: 1
>>>     Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:43:14 +0300
>>>     From: Dan Hastings <dhastings at abaarsotech.org
>>>     <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>>
>>>     To: commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>     <mailto:commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>>     Subject: [Commotion-discuss] Web Browser Certificate Error after
>>>             Factory Reset
>>>     Message-ID: <525FDB62.2000707 at abaarsotech.org
>>>     <mailto:525FDB62.2000707 at abaarsotech.org>>
>>>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>
>>>     In DR2 I've had to do a couple of factory default resets. I've found
>>>     that I get the following error in Firefox after factory resting the
>>>     router:
>>>
>>>     Secure Connection Failed
>>>
>>>     An error occurred during a connection to 192.168.1.20. You have received
>>>     an invalid certificate. Please contact the server administrator or email
>>>     correspondent and give them the following information: Your certificate
>>>     contains the same serial number as another certificate issued by the
>>>     certificate authority. Please get a new certificate containing a unique
>>>     serial number. (Error code: sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial)
>>>
>>>         The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the
>>>     authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
>>>         Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.
>>>     Alternatively, use the command found in the help menu to report this
>>>     broken site.
>>>
>>>     I've tried removing the certificates from my Firefox under
>>>     preferences>advanced>certificates but still cannot log back into the
>>>     router.  Do I have to do something in Firefox or in the router?
>>>
>>>     Thanks
>>>
>>>     Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>     Message: 2
>>>     Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:10:50 +0300
>>>     From: Daniel Hastings <dhastings at abaarsotech.org
>>>     <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>>
>>>     To: commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>     <mailto:commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>>     Subject: [Commotion-discuss] DNS Issues
>>>     Message-ID:
>>>            
>>>     <CAKxU6K1KCkrfeWNRFEA_YWO+T-zEuQgJ86GYm1tS5ib518OMTA at mail.gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:CAKxU6K1KCkrfeWNRFEA_YWO%2BT-zEuQgJ86GYm1tS5ib518OMTA at mail.gmail.com>>
>>>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>>     I'm still having strange issues with the DNS servers I would like my
>>>     requests to be forwarded to on my student network. Under DHCP AND DNS I
>>>     have the DNS Forwardings set to two Open DNS servers so I can block
>>>     specific content on the student network.  I enabled the log and
>>>     found these
>>>     entries. For some reason the default DNS forwarder that is being used is
>>>     Google's 8.8.8.8  No where on any network in the school am I using this
>>>     server.  Is there anyway I can get the routers to forward requests to my
>>>     open dns servers? Is there a dnsmasq config file I can edit?
>>>
>>>     Log Files: (the second server 208.67.220.220 is the server I would
>>>     like to
>>>     be the default)
>>>
>>>     Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
>>>     Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     nameserver 208.67.220.220#53
>>>     Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     local addresses only for domain mesh.local
>>>     Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: read
>>>     /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     *Dan Hastings*
>>>     *Abaarso School Computer Science Department*
>>>     dhastings at abaarsotech.org <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>
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>>>     Message: 3
>>>     Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:18:07 -0500
>>>     From: Ben West <ben at gowasabi.net <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>>
>>>     To: Daniel Hastings <dhastings at abaarsotech.org
>>>     <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>>
>>>     Cc: commotion-discuss <commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>     <mailto:commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net>>
>>>     Subject: Re: [Commotion-discuss] DNS Issues
>>>     Message-ID:
>>>            
>>>     <CADSh-SNXLudC3Y19v4A4w7VXYSgbLDt4Qprrt_sOeh=L_pbb6A at mail.gmail.com
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>>>
>>>     This is actually an open issue for Commotion-OpenWRT.
>>>     https://github.com/opentechinstitute/commotion-openwrt/issues/52
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Daniel Hastings
>>>     <dhastings at abaarsotech.org <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>
>>>     > wrote:
>>>
>>>     > I'm still having strange issues with the DNS servers I would like my
>>>     > requests to be forwarded to on my student network. Under DHCP AND
>>>     DNS I
>>>     > have the DNS Forwardings set to two Open DNS servers so I can block
>>>     > specific content on the student network.  I enabled the log and
>>>     found these
>>>     > entries. For some reason the default DNS forwarder that is being
>>>     used is
>>>     > Google's 8.8.8.8  No where on any network in the school am I using
>>>     this
>>>     > server.  Is there anyway I can get the routers to forward requests
>>>     to my
>>>     > open dns servers? Is there a dnsmasq config file I can edit?
>>>     >
>>>     > Log Files: (the second server 208.67.220.220 is the server I would
>>>     like to
>>>     > be the default)
>>>     >
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     > nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     > nameserver 208.67.220.220#53
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     > local addresses only for domain mesh.local
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: read
>>>     > /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
>>>     >
>>>     > --
>>>     > *Dan Hastings*
>>>     > *Abaarso School Computer Science Department*
>>>     > dhastings at abaarsotech.org <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>
>>>     >
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>>>
>>>     --
>>>     Ben West
>>>     http://gowasabi.net
>>>     ben at gowasabi.net <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>
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>>>     Message: 4
>>>     Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:09:02 -0400
>>>     From: Andrew Reynolds <andrew at opentechinstitute.org
>>>     <mailto:andrew at opentechinstitute.org>>
>>>     To: commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>     <mailto:commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>>     Subject: Re: [Commotion-discuss] DNS Issues
>>>     Message-ID: <526043DE.10800 at opentechinstitute.org
>>>     <mailto:526043DE.10800 at opentechinstitute.org>>
>>>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>>     Nameservers are associated with commotiond interface profiles. Each
>>>     profile has a dns= line. Just change that to your preferred nameserver.
>>>
>>>     Profiles are stored in /etc/commotion/profiles.d and are accessed using
>>>     the commotion > mesh profile menu. You can either edit your existing
>>>     profiles (one per interface) or create new ones, then apply them using
>>>     the profile tool.
>>>
>>>     -andrew
>>>
>>>     On 10/17/2013 01:10 PM, Daniel Hastings wrote:
>>>     > I'm still having strange issues with the DNS servers I would like my
>>>     > requests to be forwarded to on my student network. Under DHCP AND
>>>     DNS I
>>>     > have the DNS Forwardings set to two Open DNS servers so I can block
>>>     > specific content on the student network.  I enabled the log and
>>>     found these
>>>     > entries. For some reason the default DNS forwarder that is being
>>>     used is
>>>     > Google's 8.8.8.8  No where on any network in the school am I using
>>>     this
>>>     > server.  Is there anyway I can get the routers to forward requests
>>>     to my
>>>     > open dns servers? Is there a dnsmasq config file I can edit?
>>>     >
>>>     > Log Files: (the second server 208.67.220.220 is the server I would
>>>     like to
>>>     > be the default)
>>>     >
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     > nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     > nameserver 208.67.220.220#53
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     > local addresses only for domain mesh.local
>>>     > Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: read
>>>     > /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >
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>>>     Message: 5
>>>     Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:35:49 +0300
>>>     From: Daniel Hastings <dhastings at abaarsotech.org
>>>     <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>>
>>>     To: Ben West <ben at gowasabi.net <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>>
>>>     Cc: commotion-discuss <commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>     <mailto:commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net>>
>>>     Subject: Re: [Commotion-discuss] DNS Issues
>>>     Message-ID:
>>>            
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>>>     I've actually found that some of open dns requests are being
>>>     received and
>>>     others are not. The sites that of course I do not want to get forwarded
>>>     through Google's servers (youtube, vimeo) are getting through
>>>     somehow.  I
>>>     tried change the default DNS under /tmp/resolv.conf.auto however
>>>     once the
>>>     router reboots it restarts the default back to 8.8.8.8  Any help on this
>>>     would be great. Students get back to school today and having 30 or so on
>>>     youtube means our network will revert back to 56k speeds of the
>>>     90's.   Or
>>>     if anyone knows how to block https youtube using firewall rules without
>>>     blocking other Google services that would work as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Ben West <ben at gowasabi.net
>>>     <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     > This is actually an open issue for Commotion-OpenWRT.
>>>     > https://github.com/opentechinstitute/commotion-openwrt/issues/52
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Daniel Hastings <
>>>     > dhastings at abaarsotech.org <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>> wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >> I'm still having strange issues with the DNS servers I would like my
>>>     >> requests to be forwarded to on my student network. Under DHCP AND
>>>     DNS I
>>>     >> have the DNS Forwardings set to two Open DNS servers so I can block
>>>     >> specific content on the student network.  I enabled the log and
>>>     found these
>>>     >> entries. For some reason the default DNS forwarder that is being
>>>     used is
>>>     >> Google's 8.8.8.8  No where on any network in the school am I
>>>     using this
>>>     >> server.  Is there anyway I can get the routers to forward
>>>     requests to my
>>>     >> open dns servers? Is there a dnsmasq config file I can edit?
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Log Files: (the second server 208.67.220.220 is the server I
>>>     would like
>>>     >> to be the default)
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     >> nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
>>>     >> Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     >> nameserver 208.67.220.220#53
>>>     >> Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: using
>>>     >> local addresses only for domain mesh.local
>>>     >> Oct 17 16:46:09 Computer-Lab3681343115 daemon.info
>>>     <http://daemon.info> dnsmasq[3412]: read
>>>     >> /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
>>>     >>
>>>     >> --
>>>     >> *Dan Hastings*
>>>     >> *Abaarso School Computer Science Department*
>>>     >> dhastings at abaarsotech.org <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> _______________________________________________
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>>>     >> Commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net
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>>>     >> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/commotion-discuss
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > --
>>>     > Ben West
>>>     > http://gowasabi.net
>>>     > ben at gowasabi.net <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>
>>>     > 314-246-9434 <tel:314-246-9434>
>>>     >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     *Dan Hastings*
>>>     *Abaarso School Computer Science Department*
>>>     dhastings at abaarsotech.org <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>
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>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> *Dan Hastings*
>>> /Abaarso School Computer Science Department/
>>> dhastings at abaarsotech.org <mailto:dhastings at abaarsotech.org>
>>>
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