partly OT: notification of url when connecting to open wifi

[E.S. Rosenberg]

2014-05-27 2:25 GMT+03:00 Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com>:

> 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.
>
Make sure you aren't whitelisting the pages/domains used to verify the
connectivity level...

> 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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