I have a problem with CoovaChilli 1.2.5 and his parameter HS_NETMASK. I configure chilli network in that way:
HS_WANIF=eth0 # WAN Interface toward the Internet
HS_LANIF=eth1 # Subscriber Interface for client devices
HS_NETWORK=10.100.100.0 # HotSpot Network (must include HS_UAMLISTEN)
HS_NETMASK=255.255.252.0 # HotSpot Network Netmask
HS_UAMLISTEN=10.100.100.1 # HotSpot IP Address (on subscriber network)
HS_UAMPORT=3990 # HotSpot UAM Port (on subscriber network)
HS_UAMUIPORT=4990 # HotSpot UAM "UI" Port (on subscriber network, for embedded portal)
Unfortunately CoovaChilli continues to assign only 512, as shown using command:
chilli_query list | wc -l
When CoovaChilli starts up it takes the correnct configuration file and tun0 is running with the correct network parameters:
tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:10.100.100.1 P-t-P:10.100.100.1 Mask:255.255.252.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18475105 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24707990 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:2759781458 (2.5 GiB) TX bytes:26712874647 (24.8 GiB)
I don't understand why there is a limit of 512 IPs or where is the correct parameter that I have to modify to have a more wide DHCP range. I really need to understand if is a software bug/limit or there is something wrong in the configuration.
Thanks.
Look for following parameters in file src/cmdline.c:
--maxclients=INT Maximum number of clclients/subscribers
(default=`512')",
args_info->maxclients_arg = 512
From src/chilli_limits.h:
MAX_REGEX_PASS_THROUGHS 512 /* Max number of allowed UAM pass-throughs */
MAX_IPSRC_PASS_THROUGHS 512 /* Max number of allowed IP source addresses, for Layer3 */