My Hotel wiFi requires me to login with a username & password after connecting to the hotspot. So, my browser would open a page with username & passwrd fields to login and then connect to internet.
But unfortunately, firefox & chromium dont seem to work. i dont think it is browser related but a setting for the wifi router or driver which is creating this issue.
using Broadcom 801.11 STA wireless driver (proprietary). tried open source as well but same result !!
The image linked below shows my wifi connection setting & Chromium. The login page itself comes up after a long time and after entering the credentials, it keeps loading for ever !! it is the same case for every other browser.. so i dont think its browser issue but something to do with wifi setting or network manager stuff..
interestingly, i am able to connect to WiFi networks with WPA key without any issue. Adhoc hotspot is a problem and that is my regular home network :( .. I hope i can get some help solving this issue !
I have tried repeating the same hotspot after login from my android, by creating a virtual repeater with WPA key and it works. I can browse on ubuntu using this method.. but cant be doing this regularly ! I tried loading the same login page of the hotel wifi while browsing through my repeater wifi created on mobile and screen shot attached below. the page loads up quick and easy.. so this means something is wrong with the way network manager handles adhoc connectivity & login ?? i installed wicd0 but it crashes on startup and not helpful at all !
ifconfig in my terminal results:
krishna@krishna-HP-ENVY-4-Notebook-PC:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link
encap:Ethernet HWaddr 28:92:4a:1d:54:fa
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e0:06:e6:89:fa:49
inet addr:10.24.1.71 Bcast:10.24.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::e206:e6ff:fe89:fa49/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:10940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:348431
TX packets:6611 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7669631 (7.6 MB) TX bytes:864195 (864.1 KB)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:2146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:166120 (166.1 KB) TX bytes:166120 (166.1 KB)
I wonder why is the wireless configured under eth1 ? I think this is a bug with earlier ubuntu versions, but is this normal in 13.10 or is there a wrong configuration here ?
The wireless device in my pc is BCM4313 and i have installed the bcmwl-kernel-sources, wireless-tools to support the device. i also reinstalled the bcmwl-kernel as suggested on broadcom website, via synaptic package manager.
Nothing has changed this situation !
I tried booting into liveUSB and then ifconfig results show wireless under wlan0. But then the wireless connects and loads the login page. So is the problem with the device configuration now ?
i really want to get this fixed before i start configuring the other stuff like ATI graphics and such on the laptop for overheating.. lack of internet access is too bad a bug for me :P any help is appreciated!
pastebin of dmesg:
dmesg
lsmod of my pc:
krishna@krishna-HP-ENVY-4-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev
09) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus
master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities:
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core
processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00,
secondary=01, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge:
00003000-00003fff Memory behind bridge: 60000000-60ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000040000000-000000004fffffff
Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core
processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus master,
fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46 Memory at 61000000 (64-bit,
non-prefetchable) [size=4M] Memory at 50000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
[size=256M] I/O ports at 4000 [size=64] Expansion ROM at
[disabled] Capabilities: Kernel driver
in use: i915
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus master,
medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41 Memory at 61700000 (64-bit,
non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: Kernel
driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210
Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) Subsystem:
Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus master, fast devsel,
latency 0, IRQ 45 Memory at 61714000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=16] Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus master,
medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at 61719000 (32-bit,
non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: Kernel
driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) Subsystem:
Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus master, fast devsel,
latency 0, IRQ 47 Memory at 61710000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=16K] Capabilities: Kernel driver in use:
snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00,
secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge:
00002000-00002fff Memory behind bridge: 61600000-616fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000061400000-00000000614fffff
Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00,
secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge:
61500000-615fffff Capabilities: Kernel driver in
use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus master,
medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at 61718000 (32-bit,
non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: Kernel
driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC
Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA
Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company
Device 1895 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ
44 I/O ports at 4088 [size=8] I/O ports at 4094 [size=4] I/O ports
at 4080 [size=8] I/O ports at 4090 [size=4] I/O ports at 4060
[size=32] Memory at 61717000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
SMBus Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device
1895 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10 Memory at 61715000 (64-bit,
non-prefetchable) [size=256] I/O ports at 4040 [size=32]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] Thames [Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA
controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Radeon HD 7670M
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48 Memory at 40000000
(64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at 60000000 (64-bit,
non-prefetchable) [size=128K] I/O ports at 3000 [size=256] Expansion
ROM at 60020000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
07:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Device 5289 (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42 Memory at 61600000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
07:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1895 Flags: bus master,
fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43 I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] Memory
at 61404000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Memory at 61400000
(64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: r8169
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn
Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company
Device 1795 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory
at 61500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
blacklist.conf
krishna@krishna-HP-ENVY-4-Notebook-PC:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
device instead.
evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly blacklist evbug
these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred blacklist usbmouse blacklist usbkbd
replaced by e100 blacklist eepro100
replaced by tulip blacklist de4x5
causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces blacklist eth1394
snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810) blacklist snd_intel8x0m
Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device) blacklist snd_aw2
causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306) blacklist i2c_i801
replaced by p54pci blacklist prism54
replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx blacklist wl
most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565) blacklist garmin_gps
replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721) blacklist asus_acpi
low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969) blacklist snd_pcsp
ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010) blacklist pcspkr
EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
really needed. blacklist amd76x_edac