These public systems with their re-directs to a login page do not work well or at all with a request to a https page. In order to avoid that I use a page that does not try to go to a secure page. The cheap and greasy one I use is www.foo.com Works every time. But generally any request to an http:/ or non-secure page will work.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 11:09 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem with the Starbucks hotspots is that they get upset when you use > a homepage they weren't expecting. It only returns the login page if you > send a DNS request it likes. So if your homepage is set to naacp.org > instead of a login page your request will be rejected. Repeated attempts to > access naacp.org through the wifi may be logged as cyber attacks and > trigger automated 911 calls. > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 6:17 PM, Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If it's Ubuntu 17.10 then it might be this bug > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1727237 > > which they claim was fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:53 AM John Sechrest <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Don't think so. How do I configure the DHCP service? This is stock > > > Ubuntu... > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 4:34 PM Russell Senior < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Are you using your own DNS server? It is possible that the captive > > > portal > > > > is blocking your access to the DNS server of your choice. You might > > need > > > > to use the DHCP supplied DNS server in order for the captive portal > to > > > > work. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 5:30 PM, John Sechrest <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is a xyz.com not found. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Where xyz changes based on location, but it is done intermediary > > > network > > > > > domain name > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 3:45 PM Russell Senior < > > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is a joke, but ... you could consider not going to Starbucks > > ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't seen the dns error. What is the DNS error? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 4:15 PM, John Sechrest < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Recently , hotels and Starbucks have started having hotspots > for > > > wifi > > > > > > > connection, which have a new behavior. Where it used to sign me > > > into > > > > > > > Starbucks, note it pops up a window with a dns error. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts what the fix is for this? > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
