Re: [SAGE] Linux and network in hotels

[Ted Nolan <Ted.Nolan@sri.com>]

In message <43D715CA.9030705@gmail.com>you write:
>I have come up with a  problem that happens with Linux and hotels.  Some
>hotels want you to connect to a website to get internet access.  While
>this works great with Windows (blaa) it does not work with Linux.  I am
>hoping that some of you have found a solution to this problem and can
>tell me how to make it work.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike

I run FreeBSD, so this may not apply, but I expect Linux resolvers are
the same:

The only problem I've ever had was at a Holiday Inn Express where after
DHCP, you had to contact a specific web page, and at that point the
only DNS server available to you uses TCP rather than UDP!

I had to use nslookup and do a

	"set vc"

to get the IP.  After that, I either plugged it into /etc/hosts, or
used it directly in the URL, I forget which.


				Ted