Owning a authpuppy server - Ubiquit link

[Andrei]

Since authpuppy work with established authentication server like auth.ilesansfil.org for example, there is no need to have a local server as long as we use ubiquiti being flashed his sdk using wifidog.conf containing auth.ilesansfil.org lines.

But as far as it is implemented as la local server, there is no way to reach a local server with a ubiquiti device being flash with the regular ways. We need to have a special implementation where the authentication server is our own server.

So how can a local server can be reach in a way where everything is managed without the need of an external server. I mean my server have is own local ip adress, there is a router link to it giving it internet access. My ubiquiti device is attached to my router as an access point. It has been flashed with my own domain name wich is libresansfil.org pointing to my wan ip adress.

But so far so good, there is no ways to access my server.

So there is surely more to do, not especially on the ubiquiti device but in the server itself making it availaable to have a decent connection to. It's hard to explain but how come it don't work accessing our own server even from outside. It worked with DD-WRT, but with the great help of Jackson yes it was working in the way it use to be.

But in my case, and i ask this question cause i'm surely not the only one, i simply want to have access to my authentication server with a ubiquiti router, access point instead of using DD-WRT.

Is there something particular to do ?

[Andrei (andrei-halle-deactivatedaccount)]

I made it a bug cause as i see it , authpuppy is mainly something made to manage an existing network connected to the internet having no specifics rules.

So, with the help of a flashed ubiquiti devices with everything it need in a sdk wifidog firmwares to made a link with an ile sans fil or Zap Quebec authentication servers is all it need to make this network having rules, rules managed as policies made by external server.

But how it can be done if a dedicated server is part of the owner network, a dedicated server owned by the same owner of the network, and having it running in a stand alone way. Without the need to have specific links with auth.ilesansfil.org for example.

I have it working with dd-wrt routers. Links where made when the ssid of one of the routers behaving as access points to my server. As soon as the link were made a page came asking an authpuppy server page with username and password, or a authpuppy server splash screen and when it was done the client was able to gain access to the internet i shared. The authpuppy was my server.

I'm sure that there is also a configuration needs to have this server being accessible for the wan side. But it's not, Ubuntu or Debian block any possible link with this wan adress who is finally the wan adress of the entire network, and who can be the wan adress of the auth server.

If authpuppy need an outside link, so my question is why is the need to have a server everything's done by a third part.

[Andrei (andrei-halle-deactivatedaccount)]

As far as i have experienced flashing router with openwrt firmware, i know how unpredictable it can be.

Unpredictable as a wrong answer in this particular firmware, a wrong choosed option also, may lead to bricked (damaged) router. Bricking a Ubiquiti device is a big lost knowing that these devices are expensives.

So, my two question are :

Among the files resulting from the make world V=99 command, do i have to use the openwrt...squash files to flash my router ?

Finally, is there a way in Openwrt to make it work with Authpuppy (wifidog) ?

Thanks a lot,

André