From nobody Sat May 7 19:22:14 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57E51ACF213 for ; Sat, 7 May 2022 19:22:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [147.160.157.40]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "A1-48603", Issuer "A1-48603" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Kwcl16Cjrz4vhF for ; Sat, 7 May 2022 19:22:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from fledge.watson.org (doug@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 247JMFPF072043 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 7 May 2022 19:22:15 GMT (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) with ESMTP id 247JMEmN072039; Sat, 7 May 2022 19:22:15 GMT (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fledge.watson.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 19:22:14 +0000 (UTC) From: doug Reply-To: doug@safeport.com To: Sysadmin Lists cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running FreeBSD on Notebook In-Reply-To: <1420149708.1725721.1651877512149@ichabod.co-bxl> Message-ID: References: <86fslmhi3r.fsf@gmail.com> <16625440-1a69-853a-1e42-6c445885b8b6@safeport.com> <1420149708.1725721.1651877512149@ichabod.co-bxl> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Kwcl16Cjrz4vhF X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=fail (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of doug@safeport.com does not designate 147.160.157.40 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=doug@safeport.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.04 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[doug@safeport.com]; R_SPF_FAIL(1.00)[-all]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.997]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; HAS_XAW(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.97)[0.971]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[safeport.com]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.92)[-0.918]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6405, ipnet:147.160.157.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Sat, 7 May 2022, Sysadmin Lists wrote: >> ---------------------------------------- >> From: >> Sent: Fri May 06 18:38:40 CEST 2022 >> To: >> Subject: Re: running FreeBSD on Notebook >> >> One thing I have never been able to do is configure the system so I can >> negotiate the Hotel 'your gota log with the browser' setup. If there are >> any tutorials on this, I have not found them. >> > > I managed to get it working on a university wifi network using wpa_supplicant. A quick > search through my notes indicates I no-longer have the relevant wpa_supplicant.conf > file, though. The laptop would automatically connect to the network, I'd open a browser > which would automatically be redirected to the university's wifi login page, enter my > credentials and it'd connect. The config file had a ton of notes about the different options > available and which ones were necessary for the connection to succeed. > Thank you I will have a go at it. You are not the only only that loses notes. I configured a system to be only used to front end a moxa in 2016 and then apparently never rebooted it until a few days ago. I use and found non wpa_supplicant solutions: tethering, apple hotspot (costs money with my account) and using a network extender. I have a linksys but my current favorite is a BrosTrend as it has an iPhone app that is reasonably straight forward to use. The wpa_supplicant would be the preferred solution has I would then have nothing I would need to include in the bag. I forgot my mouse on the last trip to the colo. Thanks again