Connecting to public wifi hotspots

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 22:00 -0700, JD wrote:
> Take your Ubuntu 12.10 (updated as of say 3 weeks ago), to
> a Starbuck's hotspot and see if your FF will display Starbuck's
> login web page. If it does, please do not login. Instead
> break into a Terminal window and see if you can ping or dig.

ping or dig *what*? The key is to carefully dig and ping and *note what
exactly happens* when you dig and ping *certain specific things* after
having first *established and noted down* the parameters the local
hotspot has delivered, if any. That way you get a baseline for what your
computer is trying to do. That way you have FACTS.

Go and get the SPECIFIC FACTS, using the SPECIFIC TOOLS that have been
suggested to you by a whole bunch of people who clearly have an ACTUAL
CLUE, and MAYBE, just MAYBE, someone will be able to help you.

Regards, K.

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