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PingProtocol

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4		Wifidog uses the ping protocol as a heartbeat mechanism to send current status information to the auth server. This enables central logging of the status for each node at the auth server~~, and perhaps in future two way communications between the auth server and the node to centrally co-ordinate walled-garden settings etc~~.
	4	Wifidog uses the ping protocol as a heartbeat mechanism to send current status information to the auth server. This enables central logging of the status for each node at the auth server.
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6	6	The wifidog client uses a setting in the conf file to periodically start a thread ( ping_thread.c ) to send a status message via http to the auth server. The message format is
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9	9	{{{
10		http://auth_sever/ping/~~index.php~~?
	10	http://auth_sever/ping/?
11	11	gw_id=%s
12	12	sys_uptime=%lu
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25	25	"\r\n",
26	26	}}}
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	28	A typical url would be: /ping/?gw_id=001217DA42D2&sys_uptime=742725&sys_memfree=2604&sys_load=0.03&wifidog_uptime=3861
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29	30	To this the auth server is expected to respond with an http message containing the word "Pong".