Hi, I recently read this article about Devicescape: http://www.golem.de/0808/61846.html Which might solve your problems in the future.
just my 5 cents Bastian On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 26 Aug 2008, at 12:55, Yorick Moko wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Fredrik Wendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> ... >>> I've failed to find a way to login to my La Fonera wifi router. wget >>> doesn't support httpS and python is lacking httplib. I guess I could >>> make it work with WPA but that won't help me at work where I need to >>> login to a similar network. ... >> >> I log in to my la fonera+ (WPA2 encryption) with mofi >> works withouth problems or having to make a wpa_sup file... > > This doesn't help if you want to log into a FON access point away > from home. > > For anyone who doesn't use FON, the idea is that you use one of their > routers at home, share your broadband with other "fonneras" and in > return you can use FON access points elsewhere. FON make their money > by also allowing purchased subscriptions, for €5 per day or so. When > one uses one's home AP one can indeed access using WPA, but the FON > hardware offer two "virtual APs" (see madwifi) and at a remote or > "public" FON access point one connects to the unencrypted wifi > network and must enter one's FON username & password in an https > webpage (or buy credits from FON via PayPal, also https encrypted). > > So automation of FON logon may best be achieved using, as Fredrik > observes, https scripting. > > Fredrik has also said, Yorick, that your suggestion doesn't help him > at work where he has to log on in a similar manner. > > Best suggestions I can think of are to see if there's an https- > enabled (SSL-enabled?) version of curl in the repositories or perhaps > a Perl library? Alternatively compile wget or Python httplib yourself > using OpenEmbedded. > > I mentioned before, in a much-ignored post, how impressed I was with > the Nokia N95's ability to wake the WLAN / GPRS and check for email > if networks were available. Presumably later distros will be able to > connect automatically to the 'net when a browser is opened - it would > be great if FON were accommodated in this mechanism, although I won't > be holding my breath. > > Stroller. > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- -- spread the word ... see www.browsehappy.com ;o) Calvin: Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. Join the Greater IBM Connection (http://www.xing.com/premiumgroup-6291.d26b7d) _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
