[PLUG] Dns error on Ubuntu for hotspots

[Russell Senior]

Are you using your own DNS server?  It is possible that the captive portal
is blocking your access to the DNS server of your choice.  You might need
to use the DHCP supplied DNS server in order for the captive portal to work.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 5:30 PM, John Sechrest <sechrest at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is a xyz.com not found.
>
>
> Where xyz changes based on location, but it is done intermediary network
> domain name
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 3:45 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> wrote:
>
> > This is a joke, but ... you could consider not going to Starbucks ;-)
> >
> > I haven't seen the dns error.  What is the DNS error?
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 4:15 PM, John Sechrest <sechrest at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Recently , hotels and Starbucks have started having hotspots for wifi
> > > connection, which have a new behavior. Where it used to sign me into
> > > Starbucks, note it pops up a window with a dns error.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts what the fix is for this?
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