New FONspot Software for Mac and Linux just released.

Hi Martin,
although not directly related… connecting to a FONera compromises a Foneros security as the connection is not encrypted (as with WAP, etc.) I just came across an article which describes a company that tackles that issue. http://www.hotsplots.de/en/ . Might also be interesting for you?
Greetings,
Juergen

Martin, What are you laughting about? :).

Hi Martin,

This kind of software allready exists for windows and can be found on : http://www.mywifizone.com/
I don’t have 3G card to play with… but it should work perfectly…
It even has features we lack in Fon…
support of 14 languages, You can TOTALLY customize your captive portal…there is just a bit of branding here and there,

Usually when I cannot do something under Windows I’m using coLinux.

coLinux is a clever piece of software which runs linux (with linux kernel and full distribution) under Windows, as a Windows service.

Maybe, with some tweaking it would be possible to run Fonera under coLinux?

I’m using coLinux on my laptop that way that it uses the same Ethernet port but is visible under different IP address.

Cheers,
Michal

Martin,
I tried using fonspot on ubuntu, but I get this error message:

Error for wireless request “Set Mode” (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan1 ; Device or resource busy.
/etc/fon_hotspot/fon_hotspot: 222: let: not found
/etc/fon_hotspot/fon_hotspot: 222: let: not found
Error for wireless request “Set Frequency” (8B04) :
too few arguments.
trap: 222: SIGINT: bad trap

The software has misdetected your wifi interface.

You should edit the /etc/fon_hotspot file manually and specify your correct interfaces uncommenting the following lines:

#uncomment these lines for manual configuration
wan_ifname=”eth0″
wifi_ifname=”eth1″

wan_ifname should point to your internet connected interface and wifi_ifname to the wlan device

Trying it on my Mac Mini before running around with it on my Macbook Pro, and its displaying everything in I think Spanish. How do I set it to be in English?

Buuaaaaah Martín!

Again, people forgetting about us Mac PPC processor people!

First Joost, and now Fon!
Do you have any timeframe on releasing a beta for Mac Powerbook (PPC processors) machines?

And yes, like Alberto asked, why were you smerking so much? Was the cameraman pulling faces?
bernard

/usr/local/sbin/fonspot: line 3: exec: wish: not found

thats the error I get when trying to run this on ubuntu 7.04

Ksilebo, you’ve downloaded the spanish package. The english version is here: http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/download/fonspot/

Steven, chillispot is not ported on windows. We have to search a windows hotspot software compatible with FON backend servers.

Bernard,

We did a first cut with Nina in which she said I was too serious. Then we did a second cut and she started making fun of me and that’s why I laugh.

Wheres the source code?

Hi Martin,
good piece of script! I’m wondering if we can join your project with my ponte2 (wifi expander madwifi equipped device)…

Dear Antonio,
Thank you for testing our software! We are very interested on cooperarting with you. I guess your ponte2 project involves having a special hardware (usb dongle suporting madwifi driver), can you confirm and share with us how your system works and which OSes does it support?
Best Regards,
Jordi

Please tell me, why the GUI of the software support spanish only? Unfortunately my spanish is not very good… ;-(

– Michael

I have the same problem as Stefanos. I edited /etc/fon_hotspot/fon_hotspot as Albert suggested.
I also commented out the first lines that try to guess the ifnames, and added eth1 in /etc/iftab because it was missing, but nothing changed.
Any suggestion?
Thanks.

I switched just now to Ubuntu and I must find out all features. So I have a question: Where can I enable “Linux* Universal TUN/TAP driver (tun.o)” and “Runtime Tcl/tk”?

I see, “Anonymous” has the same problem like me. I get the same error: exec: 3: wish: not found.

Hi nice software, but there is a way to unistall his components on mac os x?

well, i installed the program, but it seems to be in spanish!!!
how come?
(just clicked the ‘mac’ link on the website….

miss a,

There´s in Spanish and English

Hi Martin,I began to translate FonMacSpot in French….That’s right for the interface…but I can’t translate the script…they’re locked…
Could you do something?
The link on FrancoFon:
http://www.francofon.fr/modules/mediawiki/index.php?title=Localisation_de_FON_Macspot_en_Français

How do you change the language in the interface to english?

Simon, you have to download the english version

If you go to http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/download/fonspot/
and download the Fonspot application, the download link is as follows:
http://spanish.martinvarsavsky.net/download/fon/fonspot.php?id=4
which downloads the following file: fon_macspot_beta0.2_en.dmg
Which is not in english, but spanish.

But if you load: http://spanish.martinvarsavsky.net/download/fon/fonspot.php?id=2
you get file: fon_macspot_beta0.2_es.dmg
It is english.

How come we Mac PPC users are left out in the cold…? No plans for inviting us?

cheers,
Mattias

Hi!
I installed Fon MacSpot on my iMac but at first login i didn’t get the form to register MacSpot, so it also doesn’t appear in my userzone. What can i do? Do i have to delete some kind of ini/config-file?
Thanks for your answer!
Best regards from Hamburg, Germany,

Mortimer

Stefanos,

I tried it with Ubuntu 7.04.
in order to solve the errors you should edit /etc/fon_hotspot/fon_hotspot and replace the first line #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/bash

In order to use it you have to install tk8.4 and tcl8.4 using aptitude or synaptics package manager.

I could not register the fonspot on the network since I don’t have a second wireless adapter

Another comment:

with my network card (D-Link G630 using rt61 chipset) I had to exchange lines 135 and 136 of the above file /etc/fon_hotspot/fon_hotspot because the card went back into managed mode after setting the essid…

Hope it helps,
Brando.

It worked!
I was able to navigate the internet through the fonspot connection…
but no form was presented at the first usage of the fonspot…

Anyone got it?
Brando

GnewSense 6.06.01 only xmits in AD-HOC mode instead of Infrastructure so I can’t connect !

How do you uninstall the software?

good question since it doesn’t work, there’s no documentation and no support !

Hi!
I installed Fon HotSpot on my Linux but at first login i didn’t get the form to register HotSpot. What can i do?

Cheers,
Alberto

I install the mac version. But;
no form was presented at the first usage of the fonspot / so that I am still alien
no spots close to me to try connexion
Airport icon on my mac seems stange see : http://forum.macbidouille.com/uploads/post-65995-1183890191.jpg

Any one how make it work on Mac???

After some troubleshooting, my FonSpot is up and running on a desktop pc with Linux Ubuntu 7.
This computer has to work as a wi-fi router for my zone. But…
I couldn’t register my fonspot, so i’m stll an alien and there is apparently no way to become a linus if i don’t buy a fonera…
(I’m just waiting for Fonera 2.0, but i need fon now!)
I(we) like the idea behind this piece of software, so why don’t you(we) get it up and running, Martin? Thank you!

I don’t know how to make it work on mac either - same problem as you. But the airport icon is strange because it shows that your computer is hosting a wireless network.

I am getting the following errors, trying to actually start the FONSPOT server.

/etc/fon_hotspot/fon_hotspot: line 93: /usr/local/sbin/chilli_radconfig: No such file or directory
/etc/fon_hotspot/fon_hotspot: line 156: /usr/local/sbin/chilli: No such file or directory

It worked! on Ubuntu 7.04, but FC6. And I could connect to FON_LINUXSPOT AP by laptop PC with wi-fi. But, I couldn’t see regist page. Why?
And why the FON_LINUXSPOT works Ad-Hoc mode? It seems that infrastructure mode is better.

Ok I fixed the previous problem. I was running the AMD64 version… Fonspot launches fine on i386 with TK8.4 installed.
So…. Fonspot is successfully started, but my new AP doesnt show up (checked with Network Stumbler).

If I check on Unbuntu with iwconfig — it says it’s running in MANAGED mode. So I manually set it to Ad-Hoc through

iwconfig eth1 set mode Ad-Hoc

but the new AP still doesn’t show up! (there is activity on my ZD1211 stick though!)

The link of the MAC version of FON Spot are still wrong… if you download the english version you get the spanish one and viceversa…

I’m can not use it.
“NSReceiverEvaluationScriptError” is generated by Mac OS X(v10.4.10) of a Japanese environment.

Help - I can only find the Spanish version, no matter which link I use. ?!

OK so I have it working on my MAC Book Pro but there is no way to add it to my User Zone so even if an Alien used it I wouldn’t get paid.

When will we be able to configure it so that it associates the Mac Spot with our user zone?

Lee.

Well it works on Ubuntu 7.10, with a Sprint connection via USB to my Palm Treo, took a while to get the FON login page but it cam up eventually. Now how do we get our OWN login page instead of Martin’s

Well, I think that the FonSpot for Max & Linux it’s great!
I downloaded the “Spanglish” version and it worked at the first time on my iMac with Leopard.

I tried to connect to it with my Nokia E61i and I got it! But, trying to get to any website, I get the Fon Access page and it looks like I never cab get the full page on my mobile to log in.

Just a little doubt and remark: if from march you couldn’t fix the wrong version download link, who is really working on this project?

Take care,
Marco

I agree, what is happening with this? What is the point for me to set up the FON Macspot, if I can not connect it to my userID? Great for FON, usless for me. Taking the crap software down now.
Sorry, that is the only way I see this software that started out as an good idea. You could have had soooo many more users if you let people share their connections via our WiFI cards. I also have a server, that I dont use at all and is on 24/7. If there was a VMware application, or a linux download preconfigured, I could had installed it on the server.
Guess that you easily could have doubled the userbase, many like me has wifi cards and a non compatible FON router, but now you are slowing yourself down. Really sad to see.

anyone know where can I get the same kind of software for win?… I’m using 3G USB modem, thinking of a method to share the net work with my friends while we go out door together using laptop.

When I try to install on 10.5.1 an error shows:

“!

Install Failed

Unable to install

The Installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install”

Well… The Leopard Installer Doesn’t Work.

i Open the “Installer Package” and then, when “start the installation” give me a error that say that the installation has Failed becuase no Installer has found on the package…

i try in different Mac’s and have the same problem. by the way i install the Tiger Version and its work…
And the Ubuntu Version and it Works…

Bye !