wifi hotspot problem w Maverick

O. Sinclair o.sinclair at gmail.com
Fri Jan 7 08:41:43 UTC 2011


On 07/01/2011 10:32, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair<o.sinclair at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi hotspot
>> system that have worked in earlier versions.
>>
>> I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a
>> browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from the
>> provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had
>> another computer last time I was here.
>>
>> In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips
>> (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs
>> nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be seen,
>> nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no difference.
>
> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)?
>
yes, they get set when I connect




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