https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398175
Bug ID: 398175
Summary: Falkon should detect network connections with
additional login needed
Product: Falkon
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: now...@gmail.com
Reporter: tobias.leup...@gmx.de
Target Milestone: ---
I used a hotel's (most probably commercial) WLAN connection recently. One had
to connect to an unencrypted WLAN and was then, when opening the first website,
forwarded to a site where one had to type a username and a password to be able
to really use it.
This worked fine the first time, but after reconnecting later, Falkon told the
site (google.com) was not available. Pinging google.com actually gave me
"Target net probhibited".
After testing a bit (I thought this was probably some Linux related problem
with the WLAN stuff), I found out that Falkon did not forward me to that login
page. I opened Firefox, which told me something like "Probably, you have to
login to be ablte to use this connection", and then forwarded me to that login
page on the first HTTP request.
After that (I didn't even had to re-login), I could use Falkon again: When
opening some URL, I saw that login page for a short time, telling me that I was
successfully logged in, and then I could surf normally.
I'm not used to such connections (I'm not in hotels very often), but I think as
of now, Falkon can't detect such a connection and simply tells me the
connection isn't working instead of what(ever) e. g. Firefox (and possibly
otehr browsers as well) does/knows/detects. So I think it would be nice to
cover this case of "Target net prohibited until another login happens".
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