Pi-star Public Wifi Access auto authentication w//NO Mobile Phone

Pi-star Public Wifi Access auto authentication w//NO Mobile Phone
Pi-star MMDVM hotspot Jumbo hotspot and Public Wifi Issue

Many public / guest Wi-Fi connections require a web browser to register for security reasons. Then a temporary password is issued, also a username.  Example; McDonald’s, Starbucks, Timhortons.

The pi-star wifi configuration is provisioned only for a password or paraphrase.

I have tried entering the temporary password that I acquired using my smart phone with no success.
I have no problem connecting to my home router or friends and relatives Wi-Fi, but no joy in connecting to these other guest Wi-Fi’s.

Is there a workaround for this or any suggestions?
Since the pi star has no built in browser I am aware of.

https://groups.io/g/PiStar/message/532

Public Wifi Issue
https://forum.pistar.uk/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=926

Re: POPULAR free wifi auto authentication ?
https://forum.pistar.uk/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2743&p=13404#p13404




Those are some good suggestions guys, unfortunately I am not sure on how to implement these ideas I am not versed in Linux. I am continuing to research, because this is something that should really be added to the pi-star image. As was previously mentioned in the first post one would have to have a keyboard, but if the pi-star wifi configuration panel was provisioned for this, you’d have a keyboard to fill in blanks. of course the pi-star hotspot would have to incorporate a browser like LYNX, but specific for the hotspot to submit the info requested by host wifi, again needing a username and password assigned. I received a nice email from the last public Wi-Fi I used at a clinic in Dallas asking if I wanted to extend my user name and password that was assigned last week when we went there for services. So they are holding it for me through this week when I go back. Perhaps I will talk to their IT guys also.  Both of the above ideas might work but I’m wondering if anyone has actually implemented a solution at this point. I hope we can continue to get more postings on the subject.




the built in web browser idea and it would likely work. But I doubt the dev's have the time to fool with that as a solution. It would take quite a bit of work and it would only be useful to a small subset of pi-star users who are already only a small subset of hams, who are a small subset of society... Gets down to just a few people with the need and a lot of work to get it done. I am one of the people who would have a use, but I am betting there are only a few of us.




Any option for (web authorized) public WiFi will require some sort of user interface /on/ the R-Pi end.  That means either adding a built-in display and keyboard, an SSH console, or a remote X-window graphical environment. Only the first of the three is "stand-alone" -- the other two require a secondary computer (or very advanced cellphone app). All three will require running a browser of some sort ON the R-Pi, in order to have any authorization tied to the R-Pi connection.  Somehow I don't see the low-resolution displays some boards support being of much use as a console interface (what are they? 320x240 or less? that's quarter VGA, and VGA was basically a text-only monitor [80x24 characters])



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