Easiest Way to Install YFI Hotspot Manager

The Easiest Way to Install YFI Hotspot Manager

Many questions, how to install YFI Hotspot Manager in Windows? But YFI Hotspot Manager based Linux. That means the people who ask that’s question, are lazy, and want to finish quickly but do not want to bother to work. How can a wife be satisfied if you do fast finish??. just kidding. Hahahaha...
Ok. I provide the easiest way to install YFI Hotspot Manager, for those of you who do not like to tweaks Linux. Can’t use Linux, or maybe, don't like the Linux operating system. Only a few steps, you will get a hotspot billing system using YFI Hotspot Manager, and can be used immediately. You don't need to sign in Ubuntu Linux. This is good for you, who don't know how to use Linux. Just need 2 application software.

1. YFI Hotspot Manager, ova extension, which is based on the Ubuntu operating systemDownload the latest version YFI Hotspot Manager Beta-6.1,. see at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hotcakes/files/VMs/
2. Virtual machine, in this case we use VirtualBox. Download VirtualBox for Windows. Look at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads.

Prepare your computer device. Add a network card, so the computer has 2 good network card. (yes,.. must have good, do not use broken network card). I assume Windows already installed on your computer, such as Windows 7. At least 2 GB of memory, and a lot of available disk space....

Install VirtualBox.

For VirtualBox installation, just click next... next... next.. until finish.

Import file Beta6-1-1.ova (YFI Hotspot Manager)

After finish installation. Run the VirtualBox. Click file – import appliance

Then click open appliance. In the open dialog box, search and select file Beta-6-1.1.ova that already downloaded, then click open. Then click next – import . The dialog box about software license agreement, just click agree. Wait progress import file Beta-6-1.1.ova into VirtualBox, until finish. Then, we will find YFI Hotspot Manager (Beta-6-1.1) in operating system Ubuntu.

Configure the Network

Almost finish, next select Beta-6-1_1 (Virtual operating system Ubuntu). Click setting. In the setting dialog box, click network section, select adapter 1. In the setting dialog box, click network section, select adapter 1. In the section “attached to” select bridge adapter. And select the name of Ethernet. This adapter / Ethernet is destination to internet. Remember, I assume, you get IP address from dhcp server in your router, or your ISP. So, you just plug cable and you will get IP address, then directly connect to internet. 

Select adapter 2, click bridge, and select In the section “attached to” select bridge adapter. And select another the name of Ethernet.  This Ethernet connect to access point then connect to users / client.

Done. Now run, the YFI Hotspot Manager. Select beta-6.1.1 and click start. It should be work. You will find a black screen with the login and password.

Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS YFI-beta6 tty1

YFI-beta6 login:

If you want to enter in Ubuntu , use username : system, password admin

It’s time to try.

From your computer Windows, go to browser, connect to YFI Hotspot Manager via browser, enter IP address http://<ipaddress>/yfi. For example http://10.1.1.251/yfi. YouYou should get a login page, use the username root and password admin, to get into YFI hotspot manager as administrator. and then, you can manage hotspot.

Then try again from users computer / laptop / notebook. Connect to hotspot. Open browser, for example Mozilla firefox. Browse to any site, the browser will redirect to page login / captive portal. Login with username and password that have been created by  administrator . Or with default login, username dvdwalt@ri  and password  dvdwalt@ri . It should be login success and automatically to go to internet. Congratulations..!!

At last, remember this point.

1.  YFI Hotspot Manager, must connect to internet.

2.  IP address users / client is 10.1.0.2 – 10.1.0.254, netmask 255.255.255.0, and gateway 10.1.0.1. make sure users get this range IP address.

3.  It’s not secure, tweaks again the Ubuntu, such as firewall, limited access to hotspot, change the password, etc.