Re: [NTLK] horrible bad problem - wifi

From: Sean Cross (newton_at_9bit.net)
Date: Fri Apr 23 2004 - 18:41:53 PDT


On Apr 23, 2004, at 4:41 PM, Martin Joseph wrote:

>
> On Apr 23, 2004, at 2:25 PM, josh musket wrote:
>
>> I thought I would be able to use wireless at my university. I was
>> wrong.
>> I registered the card on the university's network. Yet I still got
>> sent
>> to the register page. Guess what protocol it uses. https.
>>
> If it's using mac address to remember you, you MIGHT trick it by using
> the same wireless card in a pc or mac.
>
> This will work as long as you don't need to sign in each time you
> connect.
>
> Marty
>
Or, if their system is like the university I'm at, they have special
provisions for machines that can't handle https. In particular, PalmOS
machines cannot talk https without an external proxy. If they have
some sort of registration process to go through for Palm devices, you
might try looking into that.

Also, certian devices such as webcams can't handle any sort of
authentication at all! In these cases, they generally manually log
them in permanently. I'm sure if you talked to your tech division,
they'd be intrigued to get such an unusual request! (Speaking as a
tech support fielder at a uni.)

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