David Wright wrote: > On Wed 13 Feb 2019 at 09:44:49 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: > > Flo wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > > > I have an old laptop which I set up yesterday. And since it's old I only > > > install the packages I need. > > > > > > Today I realized that I cannot login into an public hotspot. > > > > > > Up to now it worked in a way that I got redirected to the login page > > > where I had to click on the connect button. This does not happen now. > > > > > > It just says it cannot find the webpage. > > > > > > What package is necessary to make firefox able to redirect me to the > > > login page? What do I need to install? > > > > > > > Try going to http://192.168.1.1 > > I don't think one can assume that that's the correct address. > You're better off trying to connect to the router, so look > at the output of ip r for the appropriate address (default).
It's better if that is *not* a correct address. What we want is for the browser to make a request that won't be https, so that the router can hijack it to redirect to the login hotspot. -dsr-
