Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-04 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:12:34 +0200 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Celejar wrote: ... > > >From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Implementation > > > > - > > > > Implementation > > > > There is more than one way to implement a captive portal. > > [edit] Redirection by HTTP > > > > If an

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-04 Thread Merciadri Luca
Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:07:03 -0400 > Rob Owens wrote: > > ... > > >> I think the solution was to use opendns servers in /etc/resolv.conf. >> The reason it works is that, according to the article I read, many of >> these captive portal systems work by not giving you a dns server

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-03 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:07:03 -0400 Rob Owens wrote: ... > I think the solution was to use opendns servers in /etc/resolv.conf. > The reason it works is that, according to the article I read, many of > these captive portal systems work by not giving you a dns server until > you enter your credenti

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 10:39:16AM +0100, Michal wrote: > On 02/07/2010 10:27, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> No. That's not at all a proxy. Once you power on the computer, and that >> you want to use Internet, say by Firefox, you are directly redirected to >> a webpage which asks you your university log

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
Thanks. Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:27:13 +0200 > Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> No. That's not at all a proxy. Once you power on the computer, and that >> you want to use Internet, say by Firefox, you are directly redirected to >> a webpage which asks you your university login & you

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:27:13 +0200 Merciadri Luca wrote: > No. That's not at all a proxy. Once you power on the computer, and that > you want to use Internet, say by Firefox, you are directly redirected to > a webpage which asks you your university login & your university > password. Once you hav

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:10:59 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Merciadri Luca wrote: >>> What is the exact problem you are facing with your current setup (what >>> can't you do now and what do you want to achieve)? >>> >>> If you share the concrete problem people can provide you a concrete >>> solut

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:17:28 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: ... > You mean a proxy? > > For GUI apps, you will need to setup wide proxy settings under your DE > (GNOME?). > > For command line utilities, such "wget", it should be already > contemplated by the program itself so there must an optio

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
Merciadri Luca wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:47:17 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> >> >>> Michal wrote: >>> >>> ...so you can only use a browser then? You can't use other applications? This sounds like the sort of system they have a hotels >>>

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/02/2010 05:27 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > No. That's not at all a proxy. Once you power on the computer, and that > you want to use Internet, say by Firefox, you are directly redirected to > a webpage which asks you your university login & your

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:47:17 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Michal wrote: >> ...so you can only use a browser then? You can't use other >> applications? This sounds like the sort of system they have a hotels >> and such like...but there are ways to get around these...one way was >> even put in a

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
But I have credentials! So that might be simple if I get a way to share the credentials with other programs. Michal wrote: > On 02/07/2010 10:27, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> No. That's not at all a proxy. Once you power on the computer, and that >> you want to use Internet, say by Firefox, you are di

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Michal
On 02/07/2010 10:27, Merciadri Luca wrote: No. That's not at all a proxy. Once you power on the computer, and that you want to use Internet, say by Firefox, you are directly redirected to a webpage which asks you your university login& your university password. Once you have entered this stuff,

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
No. That's not at all a proxy. Once you power on the computer, and that you want to use Internet, say by Firefox, you are directly redirected to a webpage which asks you your university login & your university password. Once you have entered this stuff, you are logged on the network, and everything

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:32:53 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > For some PC at the university, I need Internet access, but this can't be > achieved directly. That is, I can habitually view web pages, but I first > need to introduce my credentials to the login webpage. Introducing these > credentials i

Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
Hi, For some PC at the university, I need Internet access, but this can't be achieved directly. That is, I can habitually view web pages, but I first need to introduce my credentials to the login webpage. Introducing these credentials is mandatory to have full Internet access. How could I tell oth