Mamakspot on Sony Notebook with 1 Network Card

ETH0 Binding Settings. The above is ETH0 and the below is ETH0:1


AP1, the master AP that gives 192.168.1.X address


AP2, connected to AP1 using WDS as bridge mode


Notebook on the left running Redhat EL5 as MamakSpot Server and Notebook on the right, running MS Vista as Mamakspot client.


AP2 + Server + Client all connected to the same hub


Side view


Default Coova Login Page on 2nd Laptop


The JSON User Status


Redhat EL5 default interface


ifconfig -a screenshot ( notice the eth0:1 interface )


route.sh firewall script modification


Radius working in harmony using 1 radius account.



It works !
Operating system : Redhat Linux EL5
Captive Portal : Coova Chilli
Wifi Controller : MamakSpot
Radius Server : FreeRadius
Database Server: MySQL
Web Server : Apache

Settings
ETH0 received ip via DHCP in 192.168.1.X range
ETH0:1 is virtual 2nd network card and basically serving its own DHCP ip in 10.0.0.X range

Modifications from original Mamakspot Setting
1. Use IP Binding to create ETH0:1 which is mapped to 10.0.0.1
2. Some minor modification on route.sh to reflect ETH0:1

Here's the scenario
1. AP1 will connected to AP2 via WDS.
2. AP1 is main DHCP server for 192.168.1.X range
3. Anything that connected to AP2 using LAN port will get DHCP ip from AP1
4. In this case, Sony Laptop Redhat El5 server get its own ip, 192.168.1.53 from AP1 ( even connected to AP2 since I set the AP just to run in bridge mode only )
5. Sony Laptop NIC will be connected to normal HUB. A CAT5 cable also connected to the HUB to AP2.
6. Client, Sony Laptop 2 will get DHCP using wired LAN from ETH0:1 interface
7. Client will be presented by Coova Login Page before he can proceed to surf the internet.

Just put any bridge mode wireless AP that points to 10.0.0.1, a wireless network can be created. In this simulation, I'm using wired LAN.