Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 13:44:48 +0800 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "mexas@bris.ac.uk" <mexas@bris.ac.uk>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wireless hints: AP, username, password - does not work Message-ID: <CAOc73CCj7=tpfRrSm8bHFryefd3tCkJ7CtqfzUGNJLvKViSmJQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1608031740300.15278@wonkity.com> References: <201608022211.u72MBIxR079329@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> <CAOc73CBk4LX42q5xFjaKax_jFsYHbeni%2BA0YaJTB-PBFN12arg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1608031740300.15278@wonkity.com>
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On 4 August 2016 at 07:47, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2016, Ben Woods wrote:
>
> On FreeBSD, it is as you said. Assuming you have atheros, put the following
>> in your /etc/rc.conf (replacing your_ssid_here with the wifi SSID):
>>
>> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>> ifconfig_wlan0="ssid *your_ssid_here* DHCP"
>>
>>
>> Run:
>> # service netif restart
>>
>> Once you are connected and have an IP address, open your browser and
>> navigate to any webpage which DOESNT USE HTTPS. I commonly use
>> www.distrowatch.com, but any others you know which don't use https will
>> work. This is the part that tricks many people, as the captive portal will
>> redirect all web traffic to the portal until authenticated, but https
>> traffic will detect the server is not who they are supposed to be and
>> fail.
>>
>> Once authenticated, you should get a connection. Note that if can be
>> easier
>> to connect with a mobile phone to confirm how it should work, and what the
>> SSID is etc, and then replicate on your FreeBSD laptop.
>>
>
> This can be done in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf with just:
>
> network={
> ssid="horriblecaptiveportal"
> key_mgmt="NONE"
> }
>
> Then it is not necessary to change /etc/rc.conf.
>
TIL - thanks! Is it in the handbook!? :)
--
From: Benjamin Woods
woodsb02@gmail.com
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