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There is; both Router Advertisements and DHCP include options for captive portals[1]. In the case of DHCP for example, the DHCP server can send the URI of the p
by deathanatos 10y ago
There is; both Router Advertisements and DHCP include options for captive portals[1]. In the case of DHCP for example, the DHCP server can send the URI of the portal, which the OS can display to the user. The mechanism in [1] is what OS X uses, I believe.
[1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7710 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7710
- virtuallynathan 10y agoThis is a proposed spec, no one has implemented this. I was in the BoF for this session a few years ago.
- epimenov 10y agoI think OS X opens captive.apple.com
- zuck9 10y agoIt does, and so does iOS when you connect to a WiFi network that has a portal.