Mark, Keith and Tim,
Thanks for your replies - I was a bit short on useful information in my last message, sorry.
I can associate with the AP and obtain an IP fine, my problems are that once connected I can't get the registration page to load.
In Window$, it comes up fine (in both Chrome and Firefox), but in Ubuntu I just get a broken img artefact and a message to the effect of "service not available try again later"
I'd be happy to just use something else, but as I paid for wifi with my room, I kinda feel a bit cheated that I can't use it for is intended purpose to practise and revise my coursework.
Thanks for your input :)
Jim
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