Hi Thomas, > >>>> i just want to summarize the discussion about the response handling so > >>>> we can decide which solution we want to use. > >>>> mentioned solutions are: > >>>> > >>>> 1) check http status-response 204 (or any other) (chromiumos method) > >>>> 2) check content for a specific http header (connman method) > >>>> 3) check start of content (implemented in patch V3) > >>>> 4) check complete content > >>>> 5) check http status-response 200 (creates false positives for hotspots) > >>>> 6) check content with a regex (tie us into a specific regex lib) > >>>> > >>>> 5+6 are already declined. > >>>> > >>>> i prefer solution 3 because it's more flexible than 1) and produce fewer > >>>> traffic than 2). > >>> > >>> actually 2) would produce fewer traffic than 3) since the HTTP headers > >>> are transmitted before the content. > >> > >> You are right. i mixed up http headers with html headers. > >> > >>> If you just want some stupid check, then looking at the headers is > >>> simpler since otherwise you have to deal with HTTP 1.0 vs 1.1 and have > >>> to have support for chunked encoding. > >> > >> i'm not sure but i think libsoup handles 1.0/1.1 and chunked encoding. > >> > >> i like the idea of a plain text file because it's more easy to setup on > >> server side than http headers. > > > > creating server side HTTP headers is as simple as plain text files. We > > decided for the HTTP headers since it a lot more logical then doing some > > random plain file comparison. > > if you have a managed server (without root access) i think it's not so > easy to send http headers but it's simple to deliver a plain text file.
it is as simple with a managed server. We are using Apache + PHP and for example it can be done like this: header('X-ConnMan-Status: online'); > >>> However if your long term goal is WISPr support, then you have to look > >>> at the whole page anyway. There is no guarantee that the WISPr XML is at > >>> the beginning. Some providers actually just attach it to the end. > >> > >> personally i don't care about WISPr. I just want to know if i have a > >> working internet connection. > > > > Doing this without also handling WISPr seems rather pointless. I prefer > > my system to automatically log me into a hotspot if I have access > > credentials for it. > > why do you think that's pointless? > eg i have a embedded device with an usb-gadget (detected as ethernet > device). when i connect my pc with the device over usb, the device has > no internet connection. but when i configure my pc to forward some > traffic from the device, the device has internet connection. for this > usecase it's very nice to check the connectivity. > the device can do different task if a connection is available. I would solve that entirely different, but fair enough. Regards Marcel _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list