[PLUG] Boingo Airport Wifi and Linux?

[Chuck Hast]

I have Boingo through AMEX. It has been a long time since I had to log into
it, indeed when I run into it I get logged on automagicly AFTER I try to
reach
some site that is not running secure web pages.

I use foo.com as the target to elicit the proper response from the network
cop
that gets me to the login page I do the login thing and from there on out to
where I am going. The big thing is to use a non-encrypted web site so the
redirection works or it will fail every time.

I also run into the same thing with hotel WiFi and other sites that require
some
sort of login or you promising you will not do spurious activities on their
network.
(As if that was going to stop someone who wanted to do so)


On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 1:18 AM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I feel your pain.  I've run into similar issues with many different
> wifi hotspots (airports, hotels, buses, trains, cafes, etc.) each with
> their own carrier. Rather than spend my rather limited time to figure
> out how to make my device work with those hotspots, my solution was to
> use a mobile hotspot or tether off my smartphone.
>
> Best of luck and let us know what solution works for you.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 8:55 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:
> > I passed through Raleigh-Durham (RDU) and Saint Louis (STL)
> > airports last week;  both have Boingo Wifi, but I could not
> > connect with Firefox, Chrome, or Opera.  I could ping
> > 8.8.8.8, but not do anything else else.  I had insufficent
> > time in the airports to do extensive tests.  PDX works fine.
> > This is on a laptop running a somewhat older 32 bit distro.
> >
> > Boingo's website points to a supposed 2009 tuxwire article
> > that no longer exists, nor is a copy on archive.org.  I
> > won't have much time to debug this the next time I fly
> > into a Boingo-infested airport.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this problem recently, or know of a
> > cure?  I suspect PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard
> > and Chair), but I would appreciate a clue about this
> > specific problem.  Many airports are Boingo-ridden, and
> > I may have a pressing need someday.
> >
> > Keith
> > --
> > Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com
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