[Commotion-discuss] Recent use of a Commotion v1.1 node at hacker space fundraiser

[Ben West]

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.

Wonderful progress from v1.0! Keep up the excellent work!
On Jan 21, 2015 2:36 PM, "Josh King" <jking at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:

> Hey Ben,
>
> I'm glad to hear it worked well! With regards to the splash screen
> issue, we're planning on switching back to an upgraded version of
> luci_splash from nodogsplash for a variety of reasons, including general
> stability and resource usage. That work should make it into a v1.2 release.
>
> That's interesting about the private SSID, I'm sure it would be possible
> to add functionality for easily adding an additional one into the web
> interface.
>
> On 01/21/2015 02:37 PM, Ben West wrote:
> > I ended up being out of town on the day of, but I lent a Nanostation M2
> > flashed with the pre-compiled image for Commotion Grumpy Cat v1.1 for
> > use this weekend at a local hacker space's fundraiser
> > (http://archreactor.org).  I originally set up 2 Nanos, not knowing if
> > the wired uplink would be a close enough to the venue location for one
> > or two nodes, but they ended up only needing one.
> >
> > Per request, I manually edited
> > /etc/config/{dhcp,firewall,network,wireless} to include an additional
> > "lanb" network and WPA2 SSID, w/o captive portal, for use by the
> > festival organizers.  Specifically, so they could use Square dongles on
> > some tablets to collect ticket sales and whatnot.  I also edited
> > /etc/config/qos to set 10M/1M down/up limits on the wan interface, per
> > request from the venue providing the uplink.
> >
> > The single Nanostation worked very well for this purpose, and updating
> > minor details like nodogsplash portal welcome blurb via the web UI
> > didn't appear to clobber the manual edits I had made to config files.
> >
> > Positive feedback:
> > - The Quickstart setup for both Nanos went just fune, i.e. connecting to
> > the eth0 port via DHCP lease after flashing and then browsing to
> > https://thisnode.
> > - The additional lanb network/SSID I added to each node maintained its
> > NAT/routing just fine, even when the nodes toggled their
> > repeater/gateway roles based on which was connected to the wired uplink.
> > - Updating the captive portal welcome blurb via https://thisnode was
> > very straightforward for the festival organizer.
> >
> > Issue observed:
> > - The nodogsplash captive portal would timeout occasionally on initial
> > capture of the client's port 80 session (i.e. no portal page would
> > appear), or clicking on the Internet icon wouldn't reliably follow
> > through.  In my own testing, the couple times I observed the portal page
> > display, but click-thru stick, actual Internet access appeared to be
> > working thereafter (i.e. I could open another browser tab to wherever).
> > On the times when I observed the initial portal page not disaply, I did
> > have to open additional browser tabs to get the portal page to
> > download.  I think this is a known issue.
> >
> > Also, I can confirm from this particular festival, and other similar
> > community events where a customizable portal is desired, the request for
> > a 2nd private SSID is common.
> >
> > Finally, the hacker space folks were very happy with how the node worked
> > for them!  No comments from event-goers about any problems using the
> > public SSID / portal.
> >
> > --
> > Ben West
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> > ben at gowasabi.net <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>
> > 314-246-9434
> >
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