Actually... I use set up to use the proxy from my company, and about 3/4 of the time there were no issues. Only once in two months did it keep me from getting out.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TriLUG] linux and wayport On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:27:23PM -0400, Magnus wrote: > > On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 11:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Never lookd into Wyngate, but I just stayed at a Wyndham hotel which > >provides the high-speed access free to their "Wyndham ByRequest" > >members (free registration is available on their website) for the > >first seven (7) days of your stay. Quite convenient and compatible > >with Linux. After DHCP, their setup hijacks your http connections > >until you login and agree that you either want to pay the 9.95/day or > >enter your ByRequest membership number and password. > > I'd bet their setup is not smart enough to intercept outbound internet > on port 3128. > > http://www.ircache.net/ Very true, and I suspect that you'd have to disable your proxy temporarily to login, because the setup I used didn't allow connections out on any other port until you'd authenticated. -David _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
