wireless installation issue

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wireless installation issue

Post#1 by jvercelletto » 12 Apr 2019, 13:36

I've had no issues setting up our kiosks that are wired. However I am having an issue with wireless.

When I install / run setup everything works. It connects to wireless with the ssid and password, downloads chrome, sees the remote config file, installs the kiosk on the hard drive, reboots, sees the config file, updates, reboots, then can't see the server again.

The error says gateway not set, which I don't think is the right error, I think it doesn't have internet connection. I assumed based on settings in the config file. I tried every combination of things and even removed all settings for the network from the config file figuring since it works before the config file it should keep those settings if not overwritten by the config file. I know I must be missing something. Here is the config file now as it stands for the wireless kiosk. I now have everything network related commented out except connection wifi.

I've reinstalled this thing with different combinations 10x at least.

TIA

[[ GLOBAL ]]
kiosk_config=http://www.domain.org/kiosk/kioskconfig.txt
#connection=wired
browser=chrome
whitelist=http://www.domain.org
wake_on_lan=yes
homepage_check=Kiosk is not available. Please contact customer service to let them know.
allow_popup_windows=yes
disable_navigation_bar=yes
screen_settings=VGA-1:1024x768
screen_rotate=normal
session_idle=5
session_idle_forced=720
timezone=EST5EDT
screensaver_idle=5
slide_duration=20
screensaver_archive=http://www.domain.org/kiosk/kioskscreensaver.zip
rtc_wake=Monday-07:00 Tuesday-07:00 Wednesday-07:00 Thursday-07:00 Friday-07:00 Saturday-07:00 Sunday-07:00
scheduled_action=Monday-19:00 Tuesday-19:00 Wednesday-19:00 Thursday-19:00 Friday-19:00 Saturday-19:00 Sunday-19:00 action:shutdown

[[kiosk address]]
connection=wifi
#dhcp=yes
#network_interface=wlan0
#default_gateway=192.168.8.1
#netmask=255.255.255.0
#dns_server=192.168.0.9 192.168.0.144
#ssid_name=ssidname
#wifi_encryption=wpa
#wpa_password=wpapassword
wallpaper=http://www.domain.org/kiosk/wallpaper.jpg
homepage=http://www.domain.org/kiosk/kiosk.php
managed_bookmarks=http://www.domain.org|Website| http://www.domain.org/kiosk/kiosk.php
screensaver_archive=http://www.domain.org/kiosk/kioskscreensaver.zip
Last edited by jvercelletto on 15 Apr 2019, 12:55, edited 1 time in total.

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wireless installation issue

Post#2 by fanthom » 13 Apr 2019, 15:33

Hi jvercelletto,

1) Since when we use 'mac address' for nested configurations?

2) This makes no sense (hint: you can use one or another but never both):

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session_idle=5
session_idle_forced=720
Please read documentation carefully.

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wireless installation issue

Post#3 by jvercelletto » 15 Apr 2019, 12:54

Hi Fanthom,
Sorry, I didn't mean mac address... I do use the address given during installation. When I removed that for security of the post I inadvertently typed mac address.
As for session idle, that's fine. I'll remove one. Didn't catch that, but has nothing to do with this issue and is working fine with both in with other kiosks.
Thanks, John

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wireless installation issue

Post#4 by fanthom » 15 Apr 2019, 13:34

Please send your remote config and config which you use during the installation to support@porteus-kiosk.org and i'll have a look on them.
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wireless installation issue

Post#5 by mrk » 14 Jul 2020, 19:53

what was resolution on this??? having same issues.

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Post#6 by fanthom » 14 Jul 2020, 20:16

Hello mrk,

Can remember but i guess remote config had incorrect wireless parameters so that after first reconfiguration the connection to the Access Point was lost.

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