[PLUG] Dns error on Ubuntu for hotspots

[Chuck Hast]

These public systems with their re-directs to a login page do not work well
or at all with
a request to a https page. In order to avoid that I use a page that does
not try to go to a
secure page. The cheap and greasy one I use is
www.foo.com
Works every time.
But generally any request to an http:/ or non-secure page will work.


On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 11:09 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:

> The problem with the Starbucks hotspots is that they get upset when you use
> a homepage they weren't expecting. It only returns the login page if you
> send a DNS request it likes. So if your homepage is set to naacp.org
> instead of a login page your request will be rejected. Repeated attempts to
> access naacp.org through the wifi may be logged as cyber attacks and
> trigger automated 911 calls.
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 6:17 PM, Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> wrote:
>
> > If it's Ubuntu 17.10 then it might be this bug
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1727237
> > which they claim was fixed in Ubuntu 18.04
> >
> >
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:53 AM John Sechrest <sechrest at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Don't think so. How do I configure the DHCP service? This is stock
> > > Ubuntu...
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 4:34 PM Russell Senior <
> russell at personaltelco.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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