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EasyHotspot Quick Start Tutorial
It seems like many people are having a hard time getting EasyHotspot up and running quickly. I’ll try to post an easy step by step tutorial which hopefully can used to get you on your way to a Easy to use Hotspot billing system.
Step 1
Requirements
before you can get easyhotspot up and running, you need these things:
– PC (for EHS server) that has 2 Network Interfaces (2 Ethernet Port)
– Internet Connection via Lan
– Access Point
– Get EasyHotspot Distro
From our download page or direct link here
Step 2
– Burn EasyHotspot distro to CD
– Install EasyHotspot to PC (similar to ubuntu installation process)
Step 3
– Connect the Internet Lan cable to the Eth0 PORT on your Server
Make sure you have internet connection by surfing the internet on the server.
– Connect the access point Lan cable to the Eth1 PORT on your Server
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING with Eth1 , DISABLE DHCP FEATURE from your AP (if present)
If your using a Wireless Router please Disable the DHCP feature and connect Eth1 to LAN port , NOT WAN port!Step 4
– Manage your Hotspot!
From your EasyHotspot server, open firefox and go to http://localhost/easyhotspot you can create billing and voucher plans from admin account, generate vouchers and invoice customers from cashier account.
Step 5
– Connect Clients / Customers
A client or customer can join your wireless Hotspot as usual by choosing your Network / AP name (SSID)
– Login on the Client to browse the Web
Once a customer has join your network, they will be redirected to a login page before they can browse the web. Login with the voucher or postpaid account that you have created in step 4.
– Enjoy your EasyHotspot system!
Need more information or something isn’t working: visit the documentation page and the troubleshooting section and be sure to check out our forum!
new home page and forum
EasyHotspot has a new home page and also a new forum! . The forum is to accommodate all of our loyal users and fans to discuss anything about EasyHotspot, post tutorials, customizations or just discuss hotspots in general. We hope this forum can be helpful to everyone including us the developers so that EasyHotspot can continue to become an Easy solution to your Hotspot billing system.
How to Update EasyHotspot
EasyHospot 0.2 comes with git repository, which means it gives us an easy way to update the code. This is how to update your current installation with the lastest release :
- Go to EasyHotspot directory
- Pull new patches
cd /opt/local/web/easyhotspot
git pull
Its very handy if you we want to update (bug fixes/ new features).
EasyHotspot CD Order
Berhubung kita sedang kesulitan untuk mengupload versi 0.2 nya, dan memang ada banyak request dari user untuk dikirimkan via paket karena juga mungkin filenya terlalu besar.
Maka kami siap membantu mengirimkan CD EasyHotspot 0.2 via POS/Paket/Tiki dengan cukup mengganti ongkos kirim dan biaya produksi saja. Caranya sbb :
- Kirim Email dengan judul EasyHotspot CD disertai Alamat Lengkap dan no. telepon
- Biaya Rp. 50.000 tidak termasuk ongkos kirim, bisa dengan Bank Transfer
- Kirim ke pandu.hartanto@gmail.com
- Lakukan konfirmasi, setelah itu CD akan kami kirimkan
No Rekening :
BCA
5270855051 a/n M. Pandu Wicaksono Hartanto
We’re having a hard time down here, our internet upload speed is not good enough. So be patient guys, by the time im writing this post, Cyberduck tells us its 37 hours to go (exclude disconnect, downtime, RTO or even power failure, thx to PLN).
To be honest, this is not our first time to upload this iso. We hope everything is gonna be okay right now. We are planning to upgrade our internet connection, so we can get a better connection to upgrade this iso. You guys can help us to make it happen, donation will be used for upgrade our connection.
EasyHotspot will be at GCOS (Global Conference on Open Source) as an exhibitor. Please come to visit our booth ( Maluku Room B09).
Get a Free 0.2 Distro CD ! *
The Global Conference on Open Source will be held:
Date : 26-27 October 2009
Vanue : Shangri-La Hotel
JL. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 1
Jakarta 10220, Indonesia
about GCOS:
GCOS targets to attract 500 attendees, domestic and international, with invited keynote speakers including Brazil President Lula da Silva, Nicholas Negroponte, and Linus Torvalds.
http://www.gcos.info
See you there !
Good news, EasyHotspot 0.2 is now available for download. Its packed with new code and documentation. For now we only released the web interface only, since EasyHotspot 0.2 Distro is being tested right now.
Be first to try and help us to test it 🙂
Please report any kind of bugs, problem or anything productive 🙂
We provide comprehensive documentation for you, it should solve your problem with user limiting, autodisconnect, force kick, invoicing, printing etc. Also we have add Spanish lang to it. Enjoy!
Download :
SourceForge.net
For developers GIT Repository :
git://easyhotspot.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/easyhotspot/easyhotspot