Connecting to public wifi hotspots

[Colin Law]

On 17 February 2013 01:49, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Ubuntu 12.10.
> Latest updates as of 2 weeks ago.
> Lost access to internet at home and so, I finally decided
> to take it to a public hotspot to update ubuntu.
>
> When I click on the NetworkManager (henceforth NM), icon I select the SSID
> that is open (usually, at&t wifi, or some other nearby hotspot
> which is also open).
>
> NM does indeed connect, sets up the default route and populates
> /etc/resolv.conf and assigns an ip address to my wifi interface wlan0.

What do you mean "sets up the default route and populates
/etc/resolv.conf"?  Mine does not touch resolv.conf.  Have you been
playing with your network setup or is it as installed?

Try booting off the live CD/USB and see if it works then.

>
> However, when I fire up Firefox, I expected it to take me to the local
> shop's login  (accept these blah blah blah agreement...etc).
> Well, firefox only fails! It does not seem to display that local provider's
> login page, and gives me the error page.

What error page?

Colin

>
> When I boot into Win7, it connects to these spots without any problems.
>
> So, anyone know what the secret trick is?
>
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