jarosoup
join:2003-01-14
 ·Qwest.net
| reply to Airplane777
Re: Monowall Captive Portal only work when I'm set to DHCP ?
There is a feature in Mikrotik called Universal Client (although I think it's called something else now) that allows a client to have their IP address and DNS set to anything - it will 1:1 NAT it and allow them to use the network without having to reconfigure their adapter. Not sure if Monowall has this feature, but you might want to dig through the docs for something like this. |
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SipSizzurp
Fo' Shizzle
Premium
join:2005-12-28
Hilo, HI
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| said by jarosoup  :There is a feature in Mikrotik called Universal Client (although I think it's called something else now) that allows a client to have their IP address and DNS set to anything - it will 1:1 NAT it and allow them to use the network without having to reconfigure their adapter. Not sure if Monowall has this feature, but you might want to dig through the docs for something like this. Now that iz something that I need, and have been looking for. If Mikrotic has this ability, I'm fixing to get all over Mikrotic. IF m0n0 can be made to do this, I would be EKXTATIC, but have yet to hear that it is possible or not. Thanks for dropping the tip !
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lutful
Premium
join:2005-06-16
Ottawa, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Nomadix "universal client" feature is not present in current version of m0n0wall.
It is useful when customers have manually set static IP on their laptops (usually 192.168.1.x) but do not know how to set DHCP.
I can only guess what could happen if two customer has same static IP.  |
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SipSizzurp
Fo' Shizzle
Premium
join:2005-12-28
Hilo, HI
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by lutful :I can only guess what could happen if two customer has same static IP. An info box will pop-up in windows informing each user of a duplicate IP on the system, and the tech support phone will ring, twice . Nomadix is what it's called ? The hotels run into this problem a few times a month. Usually somebody's corporate network with some off the wall IP scheme, so dups would almost never occur. I really need to get this technology figured out. Thanks again.
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Airplane777
join:2004-06-20
| Hello all:
The Dlink DSA 3100 also has the universal client you are talking about. Whereby if they are set up for a static IP, they will still be able to get on the Hot Spot.
I haven't worked with it for a while, but it seemed to work pretty well. |
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lutful
Premium
join:2005-06-16
Ottawa, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to SipSizzurp
said by SipSizzurp :info box will pop-up in windows informing each user of a duplicate IP on the system, and the tech support phone will ring, twice . That happens only on a LAN or bridged network with duplicate IP. 
"Universal Client" hotspots rely on modified Linux NAT code and some crash when second duplicate IP tries to connect. Others accept the second client but start sending wrong packets to both clients. |
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