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Gio Ducci | 25 May 22:05

firewall and bridge

Hi to all,

I'm new to this mailing list and I'm actually using a "pebble" like 
distribution called "voyage" ( http://voyage.hk) based on Sarge Debian on a 
WRAP board (www.pcengines.ch) as WIFI access point, firewall, captive 
portal etc...as I need a web administration interface I was googling on 
internet and I found WIFIAdmin which is very nice, congratulations for the 
job.
I tried once M0N0wall (www.m0n0.ch/wall) and I'm wondering if wifiadmin 
could in the future include some (not all ) of the features included in the 
M0N0wall's web interface as i.e. firewall rules and bridging. As I'm not 
very good with PHP programming unfortunately cannot help programming but I 
read in the mailing list archives that Rob Flickenger hacked a little bit 
the code inserting new features for the "metrix" distro. Do you think to 
include these hacks in the next release?
Cheers

Giorgio

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Thimios Dimopulos | 25 May 23:10
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Re: firewall and bridge

Hello Giorgio

Thanks for praising our little project. When we started wifiadmin, we had the 
access point node in mind. There are many, and in some cases better coded, 
web interfaces for things like firewall management and even general system 
administration (check out webmin), but, to my knowledge, before wifiadmin,  
there was nothing for a hostap based access point doing signal/noise graphs, 
access list management and associated clients listing. And of course there is 
m0n0wall, which is a whole bsd distribution, and not just a web interface 
suitable for any linux distribution.

Both me and Thanos haven't touched the code for quite a long time, mainly due 
to lack of time. If you or anyone else is interested in breathing some fresh 
air, even by changing the initial purpose of the project a bit, you are most 
welcomed. 

On Wednesday 25 May 2005 23:05, Gio Ducci wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list and I'm actually using a "pebble" like
> distribution called "voyage" ( http://voyage.hk) based on Sarge Debian on a
> WRAP board (www.pcengines.ch) as WIFI access point, firewall, captive
> portal etc...as I need a web administration interface I was googling on
> internet and I found WIFIAdmin which is very nice, congratulations for the
> job.
> I tried once M0N0wall (www.m0n0.ch/wall) and I'm wondering if wifiadmin
> could in the future include some (not all ) of the features included in the
> M0N0wall's web interface as i.e. firewall rules and bridging. As I'm not
> very good with PHP programming unfortunately cannot help programming but I
> read in the mailing list archives that Rob Flickenger hacked a little bit
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Giorgio Ducci | 26 May 11:38

Re: firewall and bridge

Hello Thimios,

thanks for your answer. You are right, I already know and use Webmin on one 
of my server (which is not a wireless node) but still it lacks a module to 
administer a wireless card, pcmcia or miniPCI and a module to manage a 
bridge. As you know, better than me, a real sysadmin does not need these 
frills and drills but still there is many people who would like things a 
bit easier. Well, I dont want to re-invent the wheel and you are right to 
say that "before wifiadmin there was nothing for a hostap based access 
point doing signal/noise graphs, access list management and associated 
clients listing".
I was just asking if in your mind there are new features in the agenda or 
not. I know that it's very difficult to work on a project as hobbyst for 
free due to lack of time. I appreciate a lot your job. I will follow very 
closed this mailing list.
Cheers

Giorgio

>Hello Giorgio
>
>Thanks for praising our little project. When we started wifiadmin, we had the
>access point node in mind. There are many, and in some cases better coded,
>web interfaces for things like firewall management and even general system
>administration (check out webmin), but, to my knowledge, before wifiadmin,
>there was nothing for a hostap based access point doing signal/noise graphs,
>access list management and associated clients listing. And of course there is
>m0n0wall, which is a whole bsd distribution, and not just a web interface
>suitable for any linux distribution.
>
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