Installation, Setup and Configuration

[asalespatron1]

I'm evaluating your product. I've successfully installed the product. However, when I try to access the "FirstSpot Configuration Manager Login" page, to configure the server, I cannot get to it. Is there a default uID and password?

Also can I get the wiring configuration if I have the following:

1 - AP (cisco 1100) - connected to the internet
2 - W2k server running First Spot (w/ 2 NIC)
3 - Wireless client

Hope to hear from you soon as I may have to look at other solutions if I can't get this to work by tomorrow.

Thanks...

[kevin]

Username/password for access to Configuration Manager: firstspot/password; that's also mentioned in the manual.

This is one of the topologies (we call it Scenario 1)

wireless client === AP === FirstSpot === router === Internet

Check this page for other scenarios:

http://www.patronsoft.com/firstspot/topologies.html

In your case, you can either use your Cisco box as a pure AP, you will then have to disable its routing function and put a any broadband router box to connect to the Internet.

Or, keeping the Cisco as the router and putting in any low-cost AP box will also do the job.
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[asalespatron]

Can you guide me to where I can find the "Users Manual" for First Spot?

[alan]

The file firstspot_guide.pdf is the user manual. It is in the trial package.
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[asalespatron]

Hi:

I'm afraid I cannot call overseas on my phone. Do you guys have a US based toll free phone # i can contact for support? or have someone call me for techsupport. I've installed the First spot software successfully and configured my two NIC as follows.

I have 2 NIC card with the following IPs:

NIC1 (Public) - 10.32.12.109 -> this is our network
NIC2 (Private) - 192.168.1.1 -> this is the network I'll use for WLAN

Problem: From the Configuration Manager. I cannot "Start" the Firstspot. I keep getting an error "The private Network Interface and Public Network INterface network segments are overlapped (therefore Firstspot's routing wont work".

I even connected NIC2 to a w2k client (thru crossover). I guess the DHCP will not work until the Firstspot service is started.

What am I missing?

[asalespatron]

1. I uninstalled Firstspot completely from my W2k server sp4.
2. Rebooted the machine
3. Make sure that the Routing and Remote Access is started (it is)
4. Installed Firstspot using the typical/default installation.
5. After the installation, I double checked the "Routing and Remote Access" service. It got changed from Automatic to Manual and the service has stopped. Therefore I restarted it.
5. Brought up the Configuration Manager thru http://127.0.0.1:5787/setmain.php.
6. Clicked on Start to and get the following error message:

Tue Jun 07 12:54:00 2005 ***** All the error messages of session started at Tue Jun 07 12:54:00 2005 are shown below *****
Tue Jun 07 12:54:19 2005 The Private Network Interface and Public Network Interface network segments are overlapped (therefore FirstSpot's routing won't work). Please change the IP address
Tue Jun 07 12:55:33 2005 ***** All the error messages of session started at Tue Jun 07 12:55:33 2005 are shown below *****
Tue Jun 07 12:55:39 2005 The Private Network Interface and Public Network Interface network segments are overlapped (therefore FirstSpot's routing won't work). Please change the IP address
Tue Jun 07 12:56:53 2005 ***** All the error messages of session started at Tue Jun 07 12:56:53 2005 are shown below *****
Tue Jun 07 12:56:59 2005 The Private Network Interface and Public Network Interface network segments are overlapped (therefore FirstSpot's routing won't work). Please change the IP address

Can I get some help. Is it possible for someone to call me to discuss the problem? Note that the W2k server is a fresh installation.

Hope to hear from you soon. Additionally, if we do purchase this product, what is the toll free number for support and the hours (PST time).

Thank you.

[digitalky]

I have Firstspot working far as radius and with the billing package
just can not get rediret.php to allow browsing does anybody have any help info?

how do you contact this company directly?
we would really like to purchase this if we can get the bugs worked out with alittle help
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[kevin]

asalespatron,

You did something incorrect in step #5.

Setting RRAS to start manually is what it requires. Please do not start the RRAS yourself; it needs to get started by our own FirstSpot process.

Please turn it back to manual (instead of automatic), reboot your machine and try starting FirstSpot.

We do not have a US support number yet; you can post your questions to this forum. For customers with valid maintenance contract, we provide a direct email for support issues.
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[asalespatron]

Is it accurate the ""Routing and Remote Access" service is disabled by default. per your manual, we have to make sure it is installed. When you say installed, do you mean all we have to do is set the "service" to "Manual" and not "Automatic".

I skipped step #5, unfortunately it still would not come up. I uninstalled and reinstalled again while the ""Routing and Remote Access" is on manual mode but still the Configuration Manager would not allow Firstspot to start.

Any other suggestion? Does it matter if I change the private IP to 192.168.1.1 rather than using the default IP?

FYI. I installed the same trial version on a W2k Prof sp4, this time the web server or the "configuration manager" would not even come up.

[kevin]

Just keeping RRAS "service" as "Manual" will do.

Please post your config.ini files (under the FirstSpot directory) and ipconfig/all result executed on the FirstSpot machine.

What's the netmask you're using at the public interface?
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[asalespatron]

Here's the Ipconfig /all:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32hotspot1
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : firstspot.org
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : firstspot.org

Ethernet adapter Inside:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI TX N
(3C905B-TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-04-A7-8A-5A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.20.7.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.20.7.1

Ethernet adapter Outside:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adap

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-27-BD-54-45
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.32.12.109
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.32.12.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 161.149.50.130
161.149.247.110

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

[asalespatron]

Here's the config.ini:

;
; Description : FirstSpot setting ini file
;
; Filename : config.ini
;
; Copyright (c) 2002-2005, 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=3.1.2

[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=

; 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=

; data source for user login
;
Datasource =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\datasource\firstspot.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 =5788

; 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:\Program Files\FirstSpot\

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

; path for dhcp config
dhcppath =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\dhcp\dhcpservice.ini

; 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:\Program Files\FirstSpot\StaticDHCP.txt

; 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 =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\dispatcher\encrypt_pwd.exe

; 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:\Program Files\FirstSpot\AllowedHostsKeywords.txt

; allowed hosts IPs file path
;
hosts_ips_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\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=C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\datasource\radius.dsn
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
oem=C:\WINNT\INF\oem3.inf
PublicAdapterIP=?Ñ
PublicAdapterIpMask=
PrivateMAC=000000000000

[asalespatron]

I got it to work with some tweaking.