broken DNS proxying at public wireless hotspots

Sun Feb 4 15:00:12 UTC 2007

On 2/3/07, Gadi Evron <ge at linuxbox.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > What do nanogers usually do when caught in a situation like this?
>
> Important question: if memory serves, and you are in the "Paris Charles de
> Gaulle International Airport", wireless costs money.

Yes - at a hilton there.  Only - its a swisscom hotspot. And trying to
explain things to tier 1 tech support might not be the most useful
thing to do .. I'm going to be already jetlagged and catching up on
work before my next flight.

> I had this problem in a more annoying location. On a connexxion wireless
> on a flight to NYC.

Funny.  During its all too brief life, Connexion By Boeing never gave
me this sort of problem, I used to use it all the time on lufthansa
flights.

> What I do if there are no alternatives is very simply... kick back and
> listen to some music (unless you have some cellular 3G connectivity).

Yeah, and then go catch up on all the work that's piled up after 18++
hours flying from the US to India.  Fun.

Thread's gone way OT now - I'll close it here.

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists at gmail.com)