Authenticating from my Linux laptop through my browser works flawlessly; the problem is connecting the Roku device to the wifi, since it doesn't have a web browser, and it certainly doesn't have a command line.
On 12/31/2014 01:48 AM, John Abreau wrote: > Another option would be to figure out how to fake the browser > authentication with curl or wget, so you can script it. I did this a > few months ago for a phpbb forum. > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 1:16 AM, David Kramer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I recently became the proud owner of a Roku 3 box. Very happy with it > minus one or two small details. For grins, I brought it with me on > vacation, and immediately ran into the problem that the hotel wifi > requires an authentication page be filled out, which the Roku can't do > since it doesn't have a browser. > > Googling around on my laptop for a while, I've seen the following > solutions for this problem, some of which involve doing things with my > Linux laptop (Kubuntu 13.10 currently): > > 1) Change my laptop's MAC address temporarily to that of the Roku, > authenticate, then try to connect with the Roku. Sounds reasonable, > except that it didn't work. Not sure if I didn't change the mac > address > right. Might have to retry this, as it's the option that doesn't > require more hardware. I found conflicting instructions on how to do > this on the command line, and every single page that talks about > Network > Manager shows different options, since it changes so much and is > different betweek KDE and Gnome, etc. > > 2) Add a USB WiFi stick onto my laptop and set it up as a > router/repeater/whatever: I already have one, so nothing to buy but I > would have to bring it with me. Don't have it right now so I couldn't > try it out, but here too I found lots of incomplete or unclear > info. If > there's a straightforward way to do this, please let me know. If > I need > to upgrade to the latest Kubuntu I'll do that. > > 3) Pick up a travel router and use it to NAT. I see differing > information on whether the hotel network will see one MAC address or > each device's MAC address. This option really only works if the hotel > has wired internet (the hotel I stay at the most does). But > apparently > you have to run it in a specific mode that not all support, but I > couldn't find a consistent name for that mode, other than "Bridged > isn't > what you want". Some pages mentioned that some units can go "wifi to > wifi" with half the bandwidth. I'll have to find that link. Maybe it > does sending and receiving on different channels or something like > that. I would be OK with spending money on this if need be, and I > knew > it would work. I also have a WRT54G I'm not using that I could > test it > out with before buying something smaller. > > Did I miss any options? > > Does anyone have recent info on how to do any of these? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> / WWW > http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
