Client authenticated but no internet connection

[Phil Schilling]

On Dec 29, 2005, at 8:39 AM, LeRoy DeVries wrote:

> On Thursday 29 December 2005 04:16, mfred wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The clients can login (through chillispot login page) and  
>> authenticate via
>> the radius server and mysqldb. So they have an IP like 192.168.182.5.
>> But even if they get authenticated they still cannot connect to the
>> internet. And I have no idea why.
>>
>> Any hints ?
>>
>> TIA
>> mfred
>
> Check your iptables and firewall settings. Make sure you have your  
> firewall
> turned off at the router.
>
> Chillispot has a thing about firewalls at the router.  At least  
> thats what I
> have found.
>

I would beg to differ.  You should not be turning off firewall rules  
at the gateway.  If properly set up you can use iptables on the  
Chillispot server and still work through an existing firewall.  I  
have this working in multiple locations.

Phil