[TriLUG] linux and wayport

[rasch at raschnet.com]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:27:23PM -0400, Magnus wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 11:33 AM, rasch at raschnet.com wrote:
> 
> >Never lookd into Wyngate, but I just stayed at a Wyndham hotel which
> >provides the high-speed access free to their "Wyndham ByRequest"
> >members (free registration is available on their website) for the first
> >seven (7) days of your stay.  Quite convenient and compatible with
> >Linux.  After DHCP, their setup hijacks your http connections until you
> >login and agree that you either want to pay the 9.95/day or enter your
> >ByRequest membership number and password.
> 
> I'd bet their setup is not smart enough to intercept outbound internet 
> on port 3128.
> 
> http://www.ircache.net/

Very true, and I suspect that you'd have to disable your proxy
temporarily to login, because the setup I used didn't allow connections
out on any other port until you'd authenticated.  

-David