Re: using common topology through captive portal

Mike Nichols wrote:
> 
> Though i plan to try this out late tonight, i was hoping to get some
> feedback on it beforehand. 
> 
> i plan to connect two offices through use of physical connections that
> must include the captive portal. What i mean is that the only way to
> connect the two locations is use of infrastructure that is using the
> captive portal. so i'm thinking of just applying pass rules and setting
> static IPs on those machines corresponding to the network outside the
> captive portal. My question is this, when using the pass through mac, what
> is actually happening? is it just routing the traffic around the portal?
> Will the packets make it through the portal, through the pass rules and act
> as usual (probably without multicast)? 

Passthrough MAC is not what you think.  You still need to use a web 
browser first, but you are "pre authenticated" so you never see the 
login.  What you want is allowed IP addresses.  And yes, you will need 
to type in a lot.  However, the "ANY - > IP on remote network" is handy, 
and they will still need to log in for web surfing.

			Lee