Installed and started OK - But no redirection of client

[KevinWaugh]

Hello I have just setup the software, and on testing the client via the AP I am not getting any browser redirection when opening a webpage (no internet or firstspot access in the client machine).
Firstspot is started, no problems.
The client is getting an appropriate IP from first spot (via the AP)
Here is a snippet from ipconfig /all on the client:
Dhcp enabled Yes
Autoconfiguration enabled Yes
IP Address 10.20.7.210
Subnetmask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway 10.20.7.1
DHCP Server 10.20.7.1
DNS Server 210.55.12.1 [as on the external network adaptor]

Routing and remote access is started
Apache service is started
Everything looks happy to my naive eyes, so any ideas what the issue might be?

[alan]

It should be related offloading problem. Please check out readme.rtf for instruction to turn off offloading.

If you still have problems, please post your ipconfig/all dump.
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[KevinWaugh]

Hi, I agree it does sound like that sort of problem. The network adaptor doesn’t have this sort of option. In the assumption that it might but might not have a control for it in the generic XP driver set, I upgraded it to the latest set of drives (Realtek RTL8139/810x Family) – yes more options but not the ones I was looking for. Not the trick.
I checked the disableTaskOffload parameter in the registery. Didn’t exist, so added it with a parameter of 1. Overkill, but just to make sure. Not the trick.

So... Here is the ipconfig /all of the firstspot host. Any futher ideas?:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name: TESTDESKTOP
Primary Dns Suffix: firstspot.org
Node Type: Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled: Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled: Yes
DNS Suffix Search List: firstspot.org

Ethernet adapter OutboundNetCard:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Description: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet Nic
Physical Address: 00-40-F4-3A-D8-B4
Dhcp Enabled: Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled: Yes
IP Address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers: 210.55.12.1
210.55.12.2
Lease Obtained: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:31:16 PM
Lease Obtained: Friday, March 11, 2005 etc


Ethernet adapter InternalNetCard:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Description: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet Nic #2
Physical Address: 00-0E-2E-2C-3D-EF
Dhcp Enabled: No
IP Address: 10.20.7.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:
DNS Servers: 210.20.7.1

[alan]

I believe you change the Preferred DNS server IP for the Private Network settting (under DHCP tab in Configuration Manager) in FirstSpot, right?

Also, your InternalNetCard DNS setting is a bit strange, why DNS Server is 210.20.7.1?


Please do the following in the client side:

nslookup
set d2
apple.com 210.55.12.1

post the output, plus the config.ini file.
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[KevinWaugh]

Sorry there was a typo the internalNetCard DNS Server is 10.20.7.1
So its just getting the DNS from firstspot which is set to 0.0.0.0 which means it gets it from the externalNetCard which is 210.55.12.1
The nslookup produces:
Default Server: firstspot.org
Address:10.20.7.1

The following (which im guessing checks the dns server can find the apple. com address?):
set d2
apple.com 210.55.12.1

this produces a lot of stuff (how do you get the cmd output into a text file so you dont need to copy-type it?). But down the bottom it says:

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: apple.com
Address: 17.254.3.183

The 210.55.12.1 DNS address is the local ADSL providers DNS, and its fine. The client is getting this address via firstspot without a problem (according to the ipconfig posted earlier).



Here is the CONFIG file:



;
; Description : FirstSpot setting ini file
;
; Filename : config.ini
;
; Copyright (c) 2002-2004, PatronSoft Limited
;

; Note: use a backslash to separate directories and files, those lines starting with
; a semi-colon are considered as comments.
;
; Warning : please don't change this file without supervision of a PatronSoft Engineer
; It is highly recommended that you change the FirstSpot setting in the Web-based Configuration Manager

[version]
version=Trial
versionDesc=3.1.1

[MNS]
; number of return paths
num_return_path=0
return_path0=

[DHCP]
leasetime=2880
num_ignored_addr=0
ignore_addr0=

[Client Pass]
num_mac_addr=0
mac_0=
num_ip_addr=0
ip_0=

;
; Redirect Login Page php file
;
[loginPhp]
Login_enable0=
Login_php_Num0=

;
; Gateway Settings
;
[gateway]
;demo_mode=on, off (default)
;
;This demo_mode parameter is for FirstSpot channel partners demonstration purpose
;If demo_mode=on, FirstSpot DNS Server and Web Server will perform a catch-all on all
;requests. After the user login, the client will always see the "firstspotdemo" page.
demo_mode=off

;redirect user to cart.php when login fails
redirect_cart=1

;Client Isolation, NetBIOS over TCP/IP, Default is Disabled
netbios=1

;Scenario 2 (Distributed Network Topology)
scenario2=0

; Post-Startup Batch File Path Name
batch_filePath =

; lan's subnet mask (please change this through Configuration Manager only)
;
subnet_mask =255.255.255.0

; domain name server IP address
;
DNS =0.0.0.0

; domain name server IP address
;
preferred_DNS =0.0.0.0

; domain name server IP address
;
alternate_DNS =0.0.0.0

; username
;
user =firstspot

; password
;
pass =a03af780c0f2959f26512a2cc8c2efb6

;Number of maximum administrator account
max_admin_account = 10

;Administrator username
admin_username0 =
admin_username1 =
admin_username2 =
admin_username3 =
admin_username4 =
admin_username5 =
admin_username6 =
admin_username7 =
admin_username8 =
admin_username9 =

;Administrator password
admin_password0 =
admin_password1 =
admin_password2 =
admin_password3 =
admin_password4 =
admin_password5 =
admin_password6 =
admin_password7 =
admin_password8 =
admin_password9 =

;Administrator parameter
admin_parameter0 =
admin_parameter1 =
admin_parameter2 =
admin_parameter3 =
admin_parameter4 =
admin_parameter5 =
admin_parameter6 =
admin_parameter7 =
admin_parameter8 =
admin_parameter9 =

; network interface card connected to Internet (after modify this, need to restart FirstSpot)
;
publicNIC=Realtek

; network interface card connected Hotspots or visitor-based networks (after modify this, need to bind the FirstHop driver
; to this new card and unbind the FirstHop driver from ALL other cards, then reboot Windows)
;
privateNIC=SiS

; data source for user login
;
Datasource =c:\temp\book1.dsn

; datasource table for user login
;
Datasource_Tablename = fsusr

; datasource table for user login
Datasource_Plans_Tablename = fsplans

; enable session logging into the datasource log table
session_log =ON

; datasource table for user session logging
;
Datasource_Log_Tablename = fsusrlog

; datasource table for PayPal
;
Datasource_PayPal_Table=ppal

; port used by Gateway Service
;
port =5786

; port used by Authentication Server
;
auth_port =80

; port used by ssl site
;
ssl_port =5789

; Greeting message displayed in login page
;
greeting_msg =Welcome to our Hotspot!

; Enable to show InfoBox
;
show_infobox =ON

; Login page picture (filename)
;
loginpage_pic_name=autumn.jpg

; authentication server IP address (please change this through Configuration Manager only)
; Note: different from gateway_IP when it is not installed in gateway (not officially supported in this version)
;
auth_IP =10.20.7.1

; login page filename which dispatcher will call
;
loginpage =login_select.php

; login form filename which login_select.php will call
;
loginform =login_form.php

; anonymous login form filename which login_select.php will call
;
a_loginform =alogin_form.php

; authentication form filename which authentication.php will call
;
reauthenticationform =reauth_form.php

; anonymous authentication form filename which authentication.php will call
;
a_reauthenticationform =alogout_form.php

; idle time (minutes) allowed for authenticated users
;
idle_timeout =10

; private network (please change this through Configuration Manager only)
;
private_IP =10.20.7.0

; gateway IP address (please change this through Configuration Manager only)
;
gateway_IP =10.20.7.1

; allow access to config manager from private network?
;
access_from_private =off

; allow access to config manager from public network?
;
access_from_public =off

; license file path
;
licensepath =C:\temp

; session handling mode, 0 for MAC-based, 1 for IP-based
session_handling =0

; path for dhcp config
dhcppath =

; dhcp mode, 0 = auto, 1 = static, 2 = disabled
dhcpmode =0

; for static dhcp only, path of the Ip MAC mapping list
static_dhcp_path =c:\temp

; anonymous login
anonymous_login =OFF

; secret enable
secret_enable=off

; secret code
secret_code=0aed120c6f7090a5b26a4c93df382b21

; anonymous login user table name
Datasource_Anonymous_Tablename =fsa

; anonymous login log table name
Datasource_Anonymous_Log_Tablename =fsalog

; password offloading mode
pwd_offload = off

; password encryption directory path
encrypt_path =

; initial air time in minutes for self signup users
self_sign_up_credit=0

; self signup filtering
self_signup_filter=1

;allow self-signup without an ip/mac, 0=yes, 1=no
self_signup_no_mac=1

; null=no filter, 0 = signup once, >0 after x mins
self_signup_period=

;use 3 party ssl cert 0=yes 1=no
ssl_cert=1

;secure socket layer for authentication
;443 for enabled SSL, auth_port=ssl_auth_port for disabled ssl
ssl_auth_port=5788

;rewrite engine for http to https redirection
rewrite_engine=off

;NAT
nat=0

;maximum fail attempt allowed
max_attempt=

; Allowed Hosts Settings
;
[allowed hosts]
; allowed hosts keywords file path
;
hosts_keywords_path =C:\temp\AllowedHostsKeywords.txt

; allowed hosts IPs file path
;
hosts_ips_path =C:\temp\AllowedHostsIps.txt


; Bandwidth Throttle Settings
[bw_throttle]
; Bandwidth Throttle Mode
bt_mode =0

; Overall Upload Limit (at least 20KB/s recommended)
bt_ul_limit =0

; Overall Download Limit (at least 20KB/s recommended)
bt_dl_limit =0

; low, medium and high definition
bt_low=100
bt_medium=50
bt_high=20
bt_drop_period=2

[bwreset]
bwresetmethod=
bwresetperiod=
lastresetbw=

[creditcard]
payment_method=ppal

[paypal]
; Business id
;
ppal_business=your_business_id@your_email.com

; URL for successful transactions
;
ppal_return=http://10.20.7.1:5788/cart.php

; URL for cancelled transactions
;
ppal_cancal_return=http://10.20.7.1:5788/cart.php

; trust "Pending"=="Complete"?
;
ppal_pending_release=no

; the settlement currency
;
ppal_base_currency=USD

; URL for notify
;
ppal_notify_url=http://fixed_ip:5789

; Starting number for invoice
;
ppal_invoice_start=1

[worldpay]
; Installation id
;
wpay_instID=your_installation_ID

; the settlement currency
;
wpay_base_currency=USD

; URL for notify
;
wpay_notify_url=http://fixed_ip:5789

; Test Mode
; 100 : test mode - always successful validation
; 101 : test mode - always failed validation
; 0 : test mode - live mode, not testing
;
wpay_testmode=0

[lang]
lang_pack_file=custom_lang.php
cmlang_pack_file=custom_cmlang.php
last_logout=logout
this_logout=logout
last_info=infobox
this_info=infobox
last_cart=cart
this_cart=cart
key_0=
url_0=
signup01=off
signup02=off
signup03=off
signup04=off
signup05=off
signup06=off
signup07=off
signup08=off
signup09=off
signup10=off

; Setting of cart description
[cart]
max_slot_open=0

[radius]
use_radius=false
ServerIP=10.20.7.1
AuthPort=1812
AccPort=1813
Secret=secret
FSVendorID=2004
Datasource=
Datasource_Tablename=fsRadius
Acc_Start=true
Acc_Stop=true
;Acc_FSLogin=true
;Acc_FSLogout=true
;Acc_FSWriteLog=true

[radiusAuthentication]
NAS_IDENTIFIER=FirstSpot
;NAS_IP_ADDRESS=the private nic ip, this can be edited.
;CALLING_STATION_ID=client nic mac or ip, depends on the Firstspot setting, this can not be edited.
;CALLED_STATION_ID=firstspot private nic mac, this can not be edited.

[radiusCustomAttribute]
;Vendor spec type for Firstspot
;fixed value can not be changed.
;
;FS_AUTH_TIMELEFT=1
;FS_AUTH_ACCUMBW=2
;FS_AUTH_BWQUOTA=3
;FS_AUTH_BWCOUNT=4
;FS_AUTH_ULLIMIT=5
;FS_AUTH_DLLIMIT=6
;FS_AUTH_LOGINTIME=7
;FS_AUTH_LOGOUTTIME=8
;FS_AUTH_TIMEDIFF=9
;FS_AUTH_BWUSAGE=10

;Account Status Type Attributes, can be changed.
;
;default ACCT_STATUS_FSLOGIN=217
;default ACCT_STATUS_FSLOGOUT=218
;default ACCT_STATUS_FSWRITELOG=219

[misc]
show_cart=yes
enable_chgpwd=1
block_icmp=off
block_udp=on
_debug=1
pkt_period=20

[jason]

Hi

Did you set DNS for your client manually? If so, firstspot will not route those DNS packets because of security reason.

If you want to use external DNS server for your clients, please set it under the dhcp tab in config man.

If this is not the case, try to use back 5788 for the authentication port. (Is there any other app. listening on port 80?)

let me know if there is still any problem

Jason
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[KevinWaugh]

Actually I just worked out the problem. Very silly. The homepage of the browser was on the free list. It does give me a warning though to make sure potential homepages are not on the free list, otherwise clients will have a similar problem.

Thats it really [blush]
Thanks for your help.

[KevinWaugh]

Actually i should add, that this seems to only be a problem when firstspot has been restarted. ie the first time a mac address hits the firstspot server. Once you have been there, it will open with a free website as the homepage. A problem for new clients only - which is when you really dont want problems :-)

[alan]

What is your "exact" home page of the browser? Also, what browser are you using?

We are unable to reproduce your problem. Note that unless your home page is https based, your problem is not supposed to occur.
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