Re: NoCat redirects its own requests to the auth service

a snip of nocat.log would be helpful...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Dowie" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [NoCat] NoCat redirects its own requests to the auth service


> my AP is a piece of crossover at the minute.
> 
> :)
> 
> On Friday 28 January 2005 02:46, Scott Tully wrote:
> > Sounds like your AP is not configured correctly.  Hopefully something i say
> > will be helpful ;-)
> >
> > What's probably occurring is the AP is sending it's own IP/MAC address to
> > nocat and not alowing the IP/MAC of the client to passthru.  This results
> > in the wrong iptable rule being written with an ip/mac combination that
> > doesn't match your clients... resulting in the infamous login loop.   Is
> > your client nat'ed behind the ap somehow? Setup dhcpd on your nocat
> > gateway, and turn it off on the ap.  Your ap should be acting more like a
> > wireless hub or switch... this might mean putting it in bridge mode.  If
> > it's a router, don't use the WAN port.
> >
> > Hope this helps...
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Philip Dowie" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:32 PM
> > Subject: [NoCat] NoCat redirects its own requests to the auth service
> >
> > > I have a couple of strange events happening:
> > >
> > > 1) my NoCat installation just goes in a continual loop of redirecting any
> > > request[to itself - I log in, attempt to go somewhere, and it asks me to
> > > log in again.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2)  If I tell it that it is not to capture requests to my auth service,
> > > then I get 404 errors to the tune of
> > > http://<auth>/;cgi-bin/5;url=<url>   not found, etc..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > NoCat gateway is running on a public/private ip combination, NoCatAuth
> > > server is running on a public IP in the same (public) subnet as the
> > > gateway.
> > >
> > > I'm using Self Signed SSL certificates until I get the system working,
> > > when we will upgrade to proper certificated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any tips or pointers for me?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
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