Breaking the internet (hotels, guestnet style)
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
Tue Dec 8 15:14:47 UTC 2009
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:18 AM, Andrew Cox wrote:
> Sounds like a great idea in theory but would require OS support or a dual-hotspot setup that provided for both options until support was expected.
> Until such time it's simply unworkable.
>
> That and as mentioned in my previous post, the setup we have *just works* for users who don't have the permissions to change off of a static IP and use DHCP on their laptops.
>
And it just breaks for those of us who actually expect "internet access" to mean
access to the internet, not just the web.
I make a habbit of calling support and pushing the issue hard through multiple
layers until I finally get a management denial, then, demand refunds of my
connectivity charges every time I encounter this at a hotel.
I figure that the reason you guys deploy what "just works" as you put it is because
it lowers your support costs, so, I do what I can to increase the support costs of
delivering a broken internet.
I encourage others to do the same.
Owen
> Andrew
>>
>> This really should be a DHCP option which points to the authentification
>> server using ip addresses. This should be return to clients even
>> if they don't request it. Web browers could have a hot-spot button that
>> retrieves this option then connects using the value returned.
>>
>> No need to compromise the DNS or intercept http.
>>
>> Mark
>>
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