partly OT: notification of url when connecting to open wifi

[Amos Shapira]

Yes I think we got this. I'm not the OP bit I wonder what can an AP admin
do to configure it in a way which triggers this OS smarts on the client.
On 27 May 2014 07:16, "Guy Gold" <guy1gold at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 4:51 AM, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> however, that not what i ment
>> i was only asking how it generated a notification on my phone without
>> me opening a browser
>>
>>
> Hi Erez,
> At the risk of needlessly reiterating some detail:
>
> In cases I've encountered, the alerts seemed to be  OS generated, (done by
> OS rather by the site/AP you connected to).
> Microsoft does the same thing with the "additional credentials may be
> required" pop-up on its Windows OS.
>
> The OS "gets" the fact that an IP address was acquired on an interface,
> but - no full 'www' access is available, rather an access to a single
> web-page (i.e a captive portal).  The alert is helpful for folks who assume
> that (IP address == www access) at any time, and try to place a skype call,
> or pull email, and get frustrated with 'it not working'.
> I've configured a Captive portal on a proprietary system, not long ago,
> for deployment, so I cannot be 100% sure if there's any type of messaging
> from the AP to the OS informing it that it's captivated, or, as I
> mentioned, the entire wisdom in within the OS' network stack.
>
>
>
> --
> Guy Gold
>
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