2014-05-27 2:25 GMT+03:00 Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com>: > Yes I think we got this. I'm not the OP bit I wonder what can an AP admin > do to configure it in a way which triggers this OS smarts on the client. > Make sure you aren't whitelisting the pages/domains used to verify the connectivity level...
> On 27 May 2014 07:16, "Guy Gold" <guy1g...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 4:51 AM, Erez D <erez0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> however, that not what i ment >>> i was only asking how it generated a notification on my phone without >>> me opening a browser >>> >>> >> Hi Erez, >> At the risk of needlessly reiterating some detail: >> >> In cases I've encountered, the alerts seemed to be OS generated, (done >> by OS rather by the site/AP you connected to). >> Microsoft does the same thing with the "additional credentials may be >> required" pop-up on its Windows OS. >> >> The OS "gets" the fact that an IP address was acquired on an interface, >> but - no full 'www' access is available, rather an access to a single >> web-page (i.e a captive portal). The alert is helpful for folks who assume >> that (IP address == www access) at any time, and try to place a skype call, >> or pull email, and get frustrated with 'it not working'. >> I've configured a Captive portal on a proprietary system, not long ago, >> for deployment, so I cannot be 100% sure if there's any type of messaging >> from the AP to the OS informing it that it's captivated, or, as I >> mentioned, the entire wisdom in within the OS' network stack. >> >> >> >> -- >> Guy Gold >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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