hotEx RADIUS Manager

Installation Guide

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Table of Contents
About this guide 4

Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................... 5 Purpose of this Guide....................................................................................................................... 5 Typographical Conventions ............................................................................................................. 5 Typeface .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Meaning ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Customer Support ............................................................................................................................ 5

Installation (RADIUS Manager)

System Requirements .............................................................................. 6

Hardware requirement ..................................................................................................................... 6 Software requirement....................................................................................................................... 6

Network Setup........................................................................................... 7 Installing hotEx RADIUS Manager ........................................................... 8 Assign IP Address .................................................................................. 18 To check the Internet connectivity ........................................................ 22 Installation (hotspot client gateway) 27

System Requirements ............................................................................ 27

Hardware requirement ................................................................................................................... 27 Software requirement..................................................................................................................... 27

Network Setup......................................................................................... 28 Installing hotspot client gateway........................................................... 29

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About this guide

About this guide

This section includes the following topics: Intended Audience Purpose of this Guide Typographical Conventions Customer Support

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About this guide

Intended Audience
This guide is intended as an installation manual for the administrators, the agents and the clients on how to install the hotEx RADIUS Manager application.

Purpose of this Guide

This guide describes the step-by-step installation process of the hotEx RADIUS Manager application.

Typographical Conventions
Before starting, it is important to understand the typographical conventions used in this guide.
TABLE 1: TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS

Typeface
Bold

Meaning
Menu items, input fields, radio button names, check boxes, drop-down lists, tab names, buttons on the screen.

CAPS Quotes

Keys on the keyboard. Messages displayed on the screen. Note: A note that calls attention to a topic with related information.

Warning: An Important message not to be ignored.

Customer Support
If you have problems, questions, comments or suggestions regarding HOTSPOT application and the documentation, contact us by e-mail at support@hotspotexpress.in. You can also call our customer support centre at (+91) 9362055005.

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Installation (RADIUS Manager)
Before you install hotEx RADIUS Manager, you must properly check the system requirements.

System Requirements
Hardware requirement
Linux Cent OS compatible Pentium 4 or equivalent 2GB RAM (recommended) Ethernet Card 40GB Hard Disk (minimum requirement) CD-Drive Preferably a Public Static IP

Software requirement
hotEx RADIUS Manager Installation CD The hotEx RADIUS Manager Installation CD will format the hard disk and install necessary Operating System and modules. You need to dedicate this as a hotspot server and you cannot use this for any other purpose. You do not need any external third party software or Operating System during installation. It is preferred that you allocate a Public Static IP to be assigned to this hotspot server.

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Network Setup
The following diagram illustrates the network setup for the hotEx RADIUS Manager.

The hotEx RADIUS Manager server is connected to the Internet. All the wired and WiFi clients, from all the hotspot locations will be authenticated by this server.

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Installing hotEx RADIUS Manager

Insert the hotEx RADIUS Manager Installation CD and configure as shown below. We will call this server as hotspot server for convenience throughout this guide.

Warning: The installation CD will completely format your hard disk. You will lose all data in the hard disk. Please backup the hard disk before use, if necessary. Please also ensure that this hard disk is having only one partition.

To start the installation 1. Insert the hotEx RADIUS Manager Installation CD. You will see the Welcome to hotEx RADIUS Manager Software Installation screen as below. Press ENTER to continue the installation. You will see the screens as below.

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Select the appropriate Time Zone and click OK.

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After the installation, the server will reboot and you will see the welcome screen as below. Please ignore the login prompt because it is not necessary for you.

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Connect a Laptop/PC in the same network attached to the hotspot server. The default IP Number of the server is 192.168.1.55 (subnet 255.255.255.0). Set the IP of this Laptop/PC in the same network (eg. 192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0). Please try http://192.168.1.55/admin in the browser. You will be prompted to enter Username and Password.

Enter the User name (default is admin) and Password (default is admin) and click Ok.

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Typical Network Diagram illustrating how to connect an Administrator PC/Laptop to setup hotEx RADIUS Manager

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You will now see the web admin control panel of hotEx RADIUS Manager.

Assign IP Address
The default IP number assigned to the hotspot server is 192.168.1.55. You can change this IP Number as below.

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Goto the Main Screen. Clicking on the left top Home button will bring you to the Main-Screen always. Get into the screen as below. Home -> Miscellaneous -> IP Setting -> WAN IP Setting -> Assign Static IP for WAN Interface.

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Enter your required IP Number and Click Update.

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Note: Use WAN IP Address, when you configure Hotspot Client Gateway

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The new IP number will be effective only after rebooting. To reboot, click Reboot.

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Please wait until it reboots and you see the login screen.

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To check the Internet connectivity

1. Goto the Main Screen selects the menu Miscellaneous -> Internet Connectivity. You will see the menu Test Internet Connectivity. You may enter any valid Internet domain name or IP Address (eg. Yahoo.com) and click PING.

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You will get the SUCCESSFUL PING RESULTS, if the hotspot server is connected to Internet.

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Goto HOME, select the menu Miscellaneous -> NAS. You will see the Add NAS screen. NAS is an acronym for Network Access Server (in our case, it is the LinkSys router in each hotspot location). Enter the Domain Name or IP Number and Secret, of the hotspot location and click Add.

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Note: If the hotspot location does not have a Public Static IP number or domain name, you may enter 0.0.0.0/0 .

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NAS Location is added.

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Goto HOME, click Shutdown -> Reboot to effect the changes.

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Installation (hotspot client gateway)

Before you install hotspot client gateway, please check for the below system requirements.

System Requirements
Hardware requirement
LinkSys WiFi Router (Model WRT54GL) Laptop/PC (for initial Setup only)

Software requirement
Openwrt Firmware RADIUS Client Configuration File

Note:
Please download the Openwrt firmware from http://hotspotexpress.in/ispot/openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs.bin And RADIUS Client configurations file from http://hotspotexpress.in/ispot/config.tgz and save them in your desktop.

You are going to connect LinkSys Router with the Laptop/PC through WiFi. No other software or Operating System is necessary.

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Network Setup

Typical Network Diagram illustrating Hotspot Client Gateway

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Installing hotspot client gateway

You are now going to convert LinkSys router as a hotspot client gateway, using the Laptop/PC. Switch on the LinkSys router. Ensure the WiFi network adapter of the Laptop/PC is enabled and working, and set it in DHCP Mode (i.e., Obtain IP Address Automatically) as shown below.

1. After Setup the LinkSys, Open the browser (eg: Internet Explorer) and enter the ip 192.168.1.1. You will see the login prompt. Type the User name and Password (default password is admin) and Click Ok.

2. You will see the Setup screen as below.

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3. To upgrade the firmware, Please use the menu, Administration and get the screen as below.

Firmware Upgrade

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4. Click browse, select the file (dd-wrt.v23_wrt54g) which you have already download, from http://hotspotexpress.in/ispot/ openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs.bin.

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HOTSPOT EXPRESS 5. Click Upgrade and ensure that there is NO INTERRUPTION DURING UPGRADE. Please do NOT turn off the power or press the reset button during upgradation. Otherwise, the LinkSys may go corrupted.

6. After 3-4 minutes, you will see the message Upgrade Successfully. (It is very important to wait for this message. Do not go further until you see this message), Click Continue.

7. Open the browser and tries 192.168.1.1. You will see DD-WRT control panel page. Click the menu-tab on the page; you will see the login prompt page.

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8. After login, you will see as below.

9. Click Base Setup, you will see as below.

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10. Go to Administration

Backup.

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12. Click Restore.

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Enter your hotEx RADIUS Manager Server IP address. Preferably, this would be a Public Static IP Enter the DNS Server IP Address of the ISP of the client hotspot location

Note: 1. The Primary RADIUS Server IP must be the same with the menu of hotEx RADIUS Manager -> HOME->IP Setting -> WAN Interface Static ip settings -> WAN IP ADDRESS

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HOTSPOT EXPRESS 2. The shared key highlighted in this screen, must be the same, with the menu of "hotEx RADIUS Manager -> HOME -> ADD NAS -> NAS Client Location -> SECRET"

14. Open the browser and try to access a webpage (eg. google.com). You will see the hotspot server welcome page.

15. Click Login, you will see as below.

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16. Enter username and password, Click Login.

17. You will see the message Logged in successfully and see the timer window.

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18. Now, you are logged in successfully and you can start using Internet.

19. To logout, please enter http://exit or http://logout in the browser.

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