Re: using common topology through captive portal
Mike Nichols <[email protected]>
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this is interesting, i'm unable to access any boxes using address translation to addresses behind the captive portal. Is this intentional? I have to replace the machine i'm testing at the remote end. so testing is slowed for now. i will keep information updated on what is accessible and what isn't. Lee Sharp wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >