Comment by 🐙 norayr
Re: "CLI/TUI Captive Portal Authentication"
or you can circumvent the problem by carrying a portable, owned by you wifi access point. or even if you tether internet to the device via usb or blueetooth.
2024-11-11 · 1 year ago
3 Later Comments ↓
🦂 zzo38 · 2024-11-11 at 17:21:
If a contract is wanted, then you should sign it by paper; I have been told that in some places it is done that way, and that such a contract is more legal than captive portals anyways.
🐙 norayr [mod] · 2024-11-11 at 17:38:
and thank you, i didn't even know about uconsole.
🦋 CarloMonte [OP] · 2024-11-12 at 06:37:
@norayr: you are welcome. the current workaround is the iphone hot spot.
Original Post
CLI/TUI Captive Portal Authentication — I have a small computer (uConsole/CM4) that I use in Linux console mode for simple tasks (programming, Gemini, text editing, e-mail). The hardware is too cramped to use with X/Wayland. I could not find any decent tutorial on how to authenticate against captive portals. Of course I only access networks that I am allowed to. Of course I tried to use a TUI browser (w3m/lynx); but it did not work. I suspect that JS is at fault. Any ideas? I look for a ready-...