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Does anyone know the secret of connecting a laptop to Auckland Libraries' WIFI? My Android devices are fine but my Lubuntu laptop just won't. It connects, I get a DHCP address, but it doesn't register with Tomizone so all requests are blocked. I can't get it to go to the Tomizone portal so I can't do anything. Last time I tried it I sent a support request to Tomizone and got zero response. I just sent another one.
It worked about a year ago if I fiddled with the DNS settings, but not any more.
Maybe someone knows the current trick?

#tomizone #linux #support #AucklandLibraries

Show threadPhil Stevens Mar 8
@rogerparkinson Captive portals are the bane of Linux networking. I've been using Portmaster for a while now and it seems to help by trapping the requests and alerting me to authenticate.
Show threadColin JacksonMar 8
@phil_stevens @rogerparkinson I had to write a captive portal scripter when I was living in an apartment with hotel wifi. I used a RPi w dnsmasq to relay the hotel wifi to a WAP of my own, and some Python code to watch for the portal and script through it. A bonus was that I could measure how often the hotel wifi was down.
Show threadPhil Stevens 
@ThisCJ @rogerparkinson That sounds like a brilliant solution...a dongle you can keep with you for travel and sorts out hotel wifi is next to priceless.
Mar 8 at 10:25pmWeb
Show threadColin JacksonMar 8
@phil_stevens @rogerparkinson Added bonus: RPi has an HDMI interface, with an external SSD it makes a streaming media server...
Show threadPhil Stevens Mar 8
@ThisCJ @rogerparkinson What? The 25 freeview channels not good enough for you?
Show threadColin JacksonMar 8
@phil_stevens @rogerparkinson Kind of places I go you're lucky to get any live TV...
Show threadPhil Stevens Mar 8

@ThisCJ @rogerparkinson We had one of those in my hometown...the No-Tel Motel.

Rooms by the hour.

Show threadPhil Tanner Mar 8

@phil_stevens @ThisCJ @rogerparkinson I have something similar, a RPi setup with an RJ45 ethernet for connection, then an ap-hotspot shares the WiFi - and routes everything thru my home VPN.

If there's a network socket, I'm all set for home access and VPN browsing.

Show threadColin JacksonMar 8
@Phil_Tanner @phil_stevens @rogerparkinson Nice! I used tailscale on the Pi to get home, but the wifi speed wasn't reliable enough to stream off my home server