Connecting to public wifi hotspots

[Ric Moore]

On 02/19/2013 12:00 AM, JD wrote:
> Why don't you cut to the chase.
> 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.
> If you can, then you have a totally different networking stack
> than on my machine, which is 12.10, with full updates as of 3 weeks ago.
>
> As I already said, the problem I see taking place DOES NOT HAPPEN
> ON WEB SITES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A LOGIN TO HOTSPOT'S
> PERMISSION PAGE!!!
> IF THIS IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO TELL YOU NM IS NOT THE CULPRIT,
> THERE IS ONLY ONE THING LEFT: FF!!!!

Then try Chrome... see what happens. Ric



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