On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:14:05 +0100, Terry Coles wrote: > > Given enough time to detect the captive portal, Windows 7 pops up > > a > > balloon from the taskbar suggesting that "Additional log on > > information may be required", which opens a browser when clicked. > > Have you installed nodogsplash? Just wondering how you know.
My main experience in this case is of a Three pay-as-you-go mobile broadband connection. When the credit runs out, the network activates a captive portal, which redirects to a message saying you've run out of credit and need to top up your account. This triggers Windows 7's sluggish pop-up bubble and Firefox's banner about signing in. I've never tried it with Android, but I'd expect it to trigger Android's sign-in browser too. The same effect should occur on any captive portal, unless the captive portal is deliberately making itself hard to detect. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-07-17 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
