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WiFi at Sea (technical, sorry)
Skip - Working on the boat wrote:
Hi, Ian, and group(s), Ian Malcolm wrote: Skip Gundlach wrote: I configure the bridge to a blank SSID, which makes it look for the strongest signal. That's ok, but in this case, that caused it to redirect to their signin page. Otherwise, were that not the case, I could then go into the configuration page and specify which of the available ones, even those not shown, perhaps from a hidden SSID, or one I know to be available at less strength than the first (and limited to) 8 shown, such as I did before the pay site hijacked the signal. If your browser home page requires *any* DNS access to get to it, you will get redirected to the signin page on most commercial wireless ISPs. Similarly, if the router has got the DNS server address from the ISP via DHCP, and your bridge has a 'friendly' name for its configuration page rather than a dotted IP address, you will end up at the signin page again :-( Set your home page to blank then try accessing the bridge by its ip address rather than by name. The url should be of the form http://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/ fill in the correct numbers for your setup. Would that it did - My reaction comes from merely typing in the URL (the way I usually reach the bridge to configure it) in nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn format, whereupon the pay site(s? - I've not been in an area with more than one at the moment, though the readout shows many presumed pay sites as well, some of which have more strength, but not as good a communications level)) redirects to their signin page. If no DNS lookup is being done, there should be absolutely NO oppertunity for a redirect. Its possible that the router you have put in between your LAN and the bridge is causing this behaviour. You *might* need to set up a static route. Another possibility is you have one of the many varieties of 'search assistant' or internet 'booster' malware on your PC that is trying to reach its homepage and is therefore triggering the wireless ISP login redirect. A full scan with a number of different spyware and virus scanners is probably a good idea at this point. Do you ever get this redirection when trying to access the Router config page? If you are goint to take this to a new thread I suggest dropping r.b.b and *possibly* r.b.c due to the extremely technical content and tenuous connection with boating. You may also want to ask about this issue on the LOCAL newsgroups (they are NOT part of USENET) at GRC. N.B. web access is currently read only so to ask a question there, you will need to configure a newsreader. You probably want the group grc.techtalk. Start by reading http://www.grc.com/discussions.htm . . . -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL: 'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed, All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy. |
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