hey there,
We have a MikroTik RB1100AHx4 Router at work with Internet Hotspot active, which asks us for login credentials.
what I’m seeking is that if for example I don’t have access to web interfaces or any GUI in a computer, how can I enter that computer’s credentials to be able to use internet from it without a GUI?
and for the record our company’s policy for accessing the Router is so lame that I don’t even want to go through the path of adding the device mac in the router to be known by default.
I need this for installing Arch Linux on one of my machines, and i only have access to console from arch install.
If what I’m asking is possible can anyone help me?
If captive portal web page is responded on any http request to internet website before authentication, you can try with lynx or links text web browsers from shell. Open some webpage (eg. Google) after connecting to router, when captive portal page is opened you should able to authenticate from text browser.
The thing is in arch installation interface you have no extra utilities and first thing that you need is internet, hence this workaround is backwards.
to get lynx you need internet first. I’m looking for router specific solution. does the router support a CLI for internet hotspot login or not?
there is going the extra mile and preparing the installation media with the utilities on it, but for arch that’s a bit of a hassle, and I rather not go that way.