*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 914507 ***
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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 914507
Feature Request: special Browser window for logging in to WiFi Hotspots
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** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image
Milestone: None => 11
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Milestone: 11 => backlog
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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FWIW, here's Android's code to detect it:
http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/4.0.1_r1/android/net/wifi/WifiWatchdogStateMachine.java#WifiWatchdogStateMachine.isWalledGardenConnection%28%29
Seems they connect to something returning status 204 and e
connman does a really good job here in implementing WiSPr
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISPr) support to deal with captive
portals.
If you want to check if you're really not on an captive portral you want
to implement something like this to perform a check if you're "online"
or not:
1. Setup a
There can be many ways captive portals work and it is tricky being able
to support the different ways of detecting this.
I've seen some offer redirects, but others offer different status codes
to indicate the captive portal, and not all captive portals act properly
once things get returned.
I wou
** Description changed:
Right now it is very annoying that when you connect to a captive wifi
portal, the device does not detect that. All other devices open the log
- in page automatically, except ubuntu phones/tablets. One needs to
- manually open the browser, type a url and get redirected b
** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image
Assignee: (unassigned) => Alejandro J. Cura (alecu)
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Note: The cumbersome work-around (and in practise the only current way
to log into arbitrary hotspots) by opening a website in a browser
requires an insecure website: Google or DuckDuckGo won't work.
http://example.com does work.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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