[Chilli] Chilli running on a dedicated server

[Thomas Liske]

Hi,

Fahd Kasri wrote:
> Sorry, I wasn't clear.
> 
> I can only access my server with ssh (no physical acces). I want to
> keep using my Linksys routers for my hotspots. Instead of running
> Coova on each of the routers, I want to run it on my server. I know
> it's possible to run Coova on any flavour of Linux. I'm just wondering
> if it's possible, if it has been done before,
> and what kind of performance I could get with this kind of configuration.

of course it is possible. If've several dedicated servers serving 
hotspot access for a L2 cloud. If your APs have no L2 access to your 
server, you need some L2 tunneling between them.

I use vtun for this purpose to be able to debug my remote sites. Chilli 
listens on a software bridge, the bridge is connected to the hotspot 
ethernet port.

vtun runs in "ether" mode. If vtun has established a connection the tap 
interfaces is added to the software bridge on the server side. Other vpn 
software (openvpn, tinc, ...) can run in L2 mode, too.


HTH,
Thomas

> 2009/11/20 Liran Tal <liran.tal at gmail.com>
>> That's already what I said - it's possible.
>> The installation is straight-forward. Download the package whether source or binaries
>> for your linux distribution, install and configure the config file as you wish.
>>
>> You'll probably want to put 2 interface cards on that box as well.
>>
>> If you're using Ubuntu then I think in one of their wiki pages there's a howto available.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Liran.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Fahd Kasri <fahd.kasri at weblib.eu> wrote:
>>> Hi Liran,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your response. I have several Linksys WRT54GL routers
>>> running Coova. Since Coova takes a lot of memory, I was wondering if I
>>> could run Coova on my dedicated server and keep my hotspot
>>> functionality (the router would have the same behaviour, only Coova
>>> would be running on the server). Is this possible? Do you know of any
>>> documentation on this type of configuration?
>>>
>>> I was thinking about having a VPN between my router and my server to do this.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> Fahd
>>>
>>> 2009/11/20 Liran Tal <liran.tal at gmail.com>:
>>>> Yes it's possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Fahd Kasri <fahd.kasri at weblib.eu> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> * Is it possible to have CoovaChilli running on a dedicated server
>>>>> instead of on the Wifi router?
>>>>>
>>>>> * Is there a release date for 1.0.15?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Fahd Kasri
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Chilli mailing list
>>>>> Chilli at coova.org
>>>>> http://lists.coova.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chilli
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> Sincerely, Liran Tal
>>>>
>>>> Founder and CTO
>>>> Linux and Open Source
>>>> Enginx - http://enginx.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Fahd Kasri
>>> Directeur Technique
>>> Weblib
>>> http://www.weblib.eu
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Sincerely, Liran Tal
>>
>> Founder and CTO
>> Linux and Open Source
>> Enginx - http://enginx.com
> 
> 
> 
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> Fahd Kasri
> Directeur Technique
> Weblib
> http://www.weblib.eu
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