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. On 27 May 2014 07:16, "Guy Gold" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 4:51 AM, Erez D <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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