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BuzzKillerOfFire

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Registered: 2015-08-05

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NetworkManager and connecting to cafe-style internet hotspots

I want to use network manager to connect to cafe-style hotspots (where it redirects you to a page to log in) but when I connect (Arch+KDE) and open up google.com it just says connection refused. How would I go about signing in for internet access?

eschwartz

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Registered: 2014-08-08

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Re: NetworkManager and connecting to cafe-style internet hotspots

This has nothing to do with NetworkManager, which happily connected you to the WiFi network itself.

Once connected, your internet traffic is being redirected by a proxy, to the hotspot's splash page. Unfortunately, that doesn't really work out very well when trying to replace the contents of an HTTPS website with a redirection header... because the hotspot proxy doesn't have Google's SSL certificate for signing the content. You cannot even use http://google.com because it is HSTS...

The solution is of course to use some website that you know offers HTTP, thereby allowing you to actually receive their gross redirection thing so you can actually find their login page.

Last edited by eschwartz (2017-08-13 19:03:29)

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BuzzKillerOfFire

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Registered: 2015-08-05

Posts: 13

Re: NetworkManager and connecting to cafe-style internet hotspots

I feel like a moron. I know this. Thank you!