WianaRegister

Category:Sasecurity
=== Two meshboxes ===
> > I've got two boxes built up here.
> >
> > meshbox1 1 x radio card and 1 ethernet (connected to local lan)
> > meshbox2 2 x radio cards
I logged in to both boxes and set the TUNNELTYPE:IP , (it was set to 
PPP on meshbox1 and did not exist on meshbox2)
I can now do a remotemanagement from meshbox2 and I see:
If I do the same from meshbox1 I see:
Does that look ok? If I leave it a few mins and look at the wiana pages I still see
Attention: 7 remote operations scheduled for meshbox1?
However the pending operations for meshbox2 seem to have worked?
> There shouldn't be any problems in connecting your second box 
> to the Internet to get the box registered (that's what I did 
> and it worked for me).
> This is also a "feature" of the meshboxes in that you can add 
> as many backbone connections as you can get (redundancy etc.) 
> I suggest that you get the box registered then let's look at 
> the other problems.
> A quick caveat here - none of my kit uses 2 x radio cards so 
> I've no practical experience with this setup but I can't see 
> why you should have any problems.
> > meshbox1 1 x radio card and 1 ethernet (connected to local lan)
> > meshbox2 2 x radio cards
> >
> > I've done a scratch build on both boxes from the flasher CD.
> > build 1249.
 
> > I have done a wianaregister on mesh box 1 (I assume I
> > must/should also do this from meshbox2?) I am unable to do
> > the same from meshbox2? I can ping internet sites from
> > meshbox2 fine, so the link
> > between 1 and 2 is working, and indeed 'reporter' shows the
> > two meshboxes also.
> > Why o why can I not register meshbox2?
 
> I can ssh in to meshbox2 from meshbox1. If I issue remotemanagement I
> get the following
 
> 10.194.213.17@meshbox:~# remotemanagement
> Time cached
 
> Unknown result from wiana.org
> 10.194.213.17@meshbox:~#
 
> But I can ping wiana.org fine:-
 
> 10.194.213.17@meshbox:~# ping wiana.org
> PING wiana.org (213.219.19.68): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 213.219.19.68: icmp_seq=0 ttl=247 time=35.314 ms
> 64 bytes from 213.219.19.68: icmp_seq=1 ttl=247 time=32.489 ms
> 64 bytes from 213.219.19.68: icmp_seq=2 ttl=247 time=35.673 ms
> --- wiana.org ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 32.489/34.492/35.673/1.424 ms
> 10.194.213.17@meshbox:~#
 
 
> There is no ethernet interface connected to this meshbox, 
> however the IP
> of eth0 is 192.168.1.2 which
> is the same as a machine on my LAN?
 
 
> > Is it safe or sensible to plug a lan cable in to meshbox2 and
> > register it this way, then remove it?
> > Also, when I log in to wiana.org and try to manage meshbox1
> > (this is the only one which shows of course), whatever
> > changes I make, they just seem to stack up, it now tells me I
> > have 4 changes pending? I've tried rebooting both boxes but
> > to no avail.
 
> The changes are still pending, its almost as though the communication
> with WiaNa is working in one direction.