Re: Laptop Connects to WAP, But Cannot Access 'Net

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Bengt Richter wrote:

> Could there be an http-only page demanding you agree to terms of use
> before they open other ports? Have you tried to access with a browser
> first?

Bengt,

   At the place I tried yesterday, yet. But, when I entered the URL nothing
happened; firefox just sat there.

   I did not try to reach their web site before establishing a connection to
their WAP.

> I have experienced apparent inaccessibility on the road just to find out
> that ports are not opened until you click an agreement to terms-of-use in
> an http page presented by a proxy I think, and I hadn't seen it because I
> had tried to get email first, which was a port that was shut off.

   I've seen this in a couple of the hotels where I stay on business trips,
and when I cannot ssh to my network I remember that I need to access their
web site first. But, I was not able to do that yesterday.

   The other location is a coffee shop with unsecured wife access; no
validation via a Web page required. Same inability to load a page despite a
connection to the WAP. That's what makes this puzzling.

Thanks,

Rich