On Saturday 28 May 2005 1:05 pm, Brett Parker wrote:
Ah, clear access point, then? No DHCP setup?!
I doubt that, I think that Barry's machine may behave the same as mine, in that once it has been connected to an encrypted network it requires user intervention to attach to an open one.
That's probably a WEP key.
Most of the paid for wireless networks I use don't issue web keys, they are unencrypted networks that force you to a login page. The first page you try and access will redirect you to a payment or login page...the string of numbers is an access code printed by a ticket printer that gives a time limited passthrough.
Sadly it is my experience that these systems only infrequently work with Linux browsers.
Interestingly (and I have told BT OpenZone about this, they ignored me so I have no issue with making it public now) If you buy the cheapest level of access for the shortest amount of time, and within that time connect to a VPN. The VPN connection will remain even when your time has expired, You can route through the VPN back to the internet indefinitely this way.
Personally, at the moment, I use waproamd to move between wireless networks, it scans around, when it detects an accesspoint it goes "ohhh, an access point" and then depending on some files either tries (1) to connect unencryted (no WEP), or (2) authenticate to the access point with WEP. It's very simple to setup, and can just use ESSIDs to set up the notwork.
Ahhh cheers for that, I have been looking for something similar to the Wireless network configration win WinXP post SP2 that keeps an order of preferred networks (and their associated keys) and if an unencrypted network is in range then allows you to connect to it without having to resort to kismet to find the ssid. (this is the way I have to do it with SuSE 9.1 and YaST)