On Mar 4, 2015 8:22 AM, "King Beowulf" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok I will test that one out as soon as I get to the airport today. Maybe at > > the mall I am doing work at, the first time I get a chance I will test it > > out. > > > > Thank you for the fast come back. > > On Mar 4, 2015 1:12 AM, "Russell Senior" > > > > > > The typical captive portal redirect you are talking about can't deal > > > with an SSL connection. That's because your browser will not be able to > > > authenticate the redirect page as the one it asked for. Many sites > > > default to HTTPS now: google, facebook, twitter, etc. > > > > > > The solution to this is to make sure to go to a non-SSL page. The > > > National Weather Service or calagator are favorites of mine, but it > > > doesn't matter, as long as it's not HTTPS URL. That should usually do > > > the trick. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Russell Senior, President > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > > Besides making sure not to try to redirect off of a SSL (https) site, you > may just want to store your boarding pass on the phone (locally). Most > airline apps do this, or if on an iPhone, store boarding pass from app or > email in Passbook. That way, no wifi or cell signal needed at security or > the gate. > > Another trick, given that cell band width is relatively cheap: use the cell > signal not wifi for data - or at least have a phone that is smart enough to > automatically switch between cell data and wifi, pending which one is > available. > > Safe travels. > -Ed > I have two apps, Delta and United (they let me carry two or three 70lb bags as I am gold wiith both of them) The Delta app is very "on line oriented" the United app caches the info so if your connection gets dropped you still have it, but at times it is so anal that it does not update the screens with new data either, so it goes too far the other way. I do have the passes emailed to me so I have a fallback but even then you have to scramble to get to the other page and not hold things up.
My cell changes over to cellular data if the WiFi connection goes away, but at times it takes a bit to sort things out. Thanks again all, now to see when I get another re-direct so I can test the recommendation out. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
