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Wireless Hotspot Issue

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Jest3r

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Nov 22, 2010
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I use a particular hotel while I am out of town on business that has an EthoStream wireless hotspot. My MacBook Air connects to the hotspot and receives an IP via DHCP but it will not load the terms and agreement page to access the hotspot. I can see via the address bar in Safari that it correctly resolves the address via DNS and it forwards me to the correct page but it will not load the page.

Now the interesting part: If I restart the computer, boot to the recovery partition, and click on the 'Get Help Online' link to open Safari, I can type in an address and open the hotspot terms and agreement page fine. Once I accept, the hotspot becomes active and marks my MAC address as active, allowing me to restart my computer and use it normally.

As you can image, this is extremely frustrating to have to do every time I am out of town. Before I restart and boot to the recovery partition, I can ping the ethostream server so I assume that it is a problem, or perhaps a bug in Safari. The problem first came about when I upgraded to Lion. Thinking that there may have been an issue with the upgrade from Snow Leopard, I performed a clean Lion install but the problem is still present.

The IP, subnet, and default gateway as well as the DNS information acquired from the hotspot is valid, I just cannot load the page.

If anyone has had a similar issue in the past or could provide an insight as to the problem, I would be most appreciative!

2011 MacBook Air running Lion 10.7.2
 
Jest3r said:
I use a particular hotel while I am out of town on business that has an EthoStream wireless hotspot. My MacBook Air connects to the hotspot and receives an IP via DHCP but it will not load the terms and agreement page to access the hotspot. I can see via the address bar in Safari that it correctly resolves the address via DNS and it forwards me to the correct page but it will not load the page.

Now the interesting part: If I restart the computer, boot to the recovery partition, and click on the 'Get Help Online' link to open Safari, I can type in an address and open the hotspot terms and agreement page fine. Once I accept, the hotspot becomes active and marks my MAC address as active, allowing me to restart my computer and use it normally.

As you can image, this is extremely frustrating to have to do every time I am out of town. Before I restart and boot to the recovery partition, I can ping the ethostream server so I assume that it is a problem, or perhaps a bug in Safari. The problem first came about when I upgraded to Lion. Thinking that there may have been an issue with the upgrade from Snow Leopard, I performed a clean Lion install but the problem is still present.

The IP, subnet, and default gateway as well as the DNS information acquired from the hotspot is valid, I just cannot load the page.

If anyone has had a similar issue in the past or could provide an insight as to the problem, I would be most appreciative!

2011 MacBook Air running Lion 10.7.2
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If you are there, can you check what errors, if any, may be appearing in the Console? If so, can you post them here so we can dissect this puppy?
 
Thanks for the reply! These are the messages from my initial boot up until the reboot. I highlighted the errors that jumped out:

11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: hibernate_page_list_setall start 0xffffff8030f59000, 0xffffff8031009000
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: hibernate_page_list_setall time: 148 ms
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: pages 306776, wire 57033, act 11959, inact 626, spec 2930, zf 39, throt 0, could discard act 115158 inact 63454 purgeable 7180 spec 48397
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: hibernate_page_list_setall found pageCount 72587
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: IOHibernatePollerOpen, ml_get_interrupts_enabled 0
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: writing 70924 pages
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: encryptStart 1afec0
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: encryptEnd 7d7f00
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: hibernate_machine_init: state 2, image pages 55862, sum was 6bd67f2b, image1Size 635a200, conflictCount 145, nextFree 96a
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: hibernate_page_list_discard time: 159 ms, discarded act 115158 inact 63454 purgeable 7180 spec 48397
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: IOHibernatePollerOpen(), ml_get_interrupts_enabled 0
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: hibernate_machine_init reading
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: PMStats: Hibernate read took 507 ms
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: hibernate_machine_init pagesDone 71416 sum2 c9226511, time: 507 ms, comp bytes: 16941056 time: 30 ms 523 Mb/s, crypt bytes: 53863936 time: 419 ms 122 Mb/s
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: Wake reason: EC.LidOpen (User)
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: AppleMCP89TMS::powerGatingDown(0): Done
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: Previous Shutdown Cause: 5
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: com_apple_driver_AppleUSBCardReaderUMC:: Stop::Controller Reset
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: Sound assertion "0 == fAudioEngineArray" failed in AppleHDADriver at line 3163 goto Exit
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: Sound assertion "0 == fAudioEngineArray" failed in AppleHDADriver at line 3163 goto Exit
11/1/11 8:58:43.000 PM kernel: Sound assertion "0 == fAudioEngineArray" failed in AppleHDADriver at line 3163 goto Exit
11/1/11 8:58:43.917 PM configd: network configuration changed.
11/1/11 8:58:43.938 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en0 - PreProbe
11/1/11 8:58:44.000 PM kernel: [IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService
11/1/11 8:58:44.050 PM configd: network configuration changed.
11/1/11 8:58:44.000 PM kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start - initDevice failed
11/1/11 8:58:44.000 PM kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start - initDevice failed
11/1/11 8:58:44.000 PM kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start - initDevice failed
11/1/11 8:58:44.000 PM kernel: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 000000009833 0x5ac 0x8403 0x9833
11/1/11 8:58:46.000 PM kernel: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::checkStatus - received Status Packet, Payload 2: device was reinitialized
11/1/11 8:58:46.000 PM kernel: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::handleReport - not in path binary mode, received 0x74 data packet of length 58
11/1/11 8:58:46.000 PM kernel: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::handleReport - not in path binary mode, received 0x74 data packet of length 58
11/1/11 8:58:46.000 PM kernel: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::handleReport - not in path binary mode, received 0x74 data packet of length 58
11/1/11 8:58:47.000 PM kernel: MacAuthEvent en0 Auth result for: 30:46:9a:08:77:69 MAC AUTH succeeded
11/1/11 8:58:47.000 PM kernel: wlEvent: en0 en0 Link UP
11/1/11 8:58:47.000 PM kernel: AirPort: Link Up on en0
11/1/11 8:58:47.000 PM kernel: en0: BSSID changed to 30:46:9a:08:77:69
11/1/11 8:58:47.932 PM ntpd: bind(26) AF_INET6 fe80::1293:e9ff:fe06:f920%4#123 flags 0x11 failed: Can't assign requested address
11/1/11 8:58:47.932 PM ntpd: unable to create socket on en0 (68) for fe80::1293:e9ff:fe06:f920#123
11/1/11 8:58:48.163 PM applepushserviced: <APSCourier: 0x10452e730>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x104536430>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
11/1/11 8:58:52.272 PM configd: network configuration changed.
11/1/11 8:58:52.322 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en0 - Probe
11/1/11 8:58:52.322 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveStartDetect:2371 starting probe to determine captivity...
11/1/11 8:58:52.323 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:wispr_detect_redirect_async:424 user-agent:"CaptiveNetworkSupport-173 wispr" url:"http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html"
11/1/11 8:58:52.627 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveHandleRedirect:2145 No wispr redirect detected on en0 (XXXXXXXXX)
11/1/11 8:58:52.628 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en0 - Online
11/1/11 8:58:52.629 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveKnownStore:941 Added XXXXXXXXX/IPv4.Router=10.0.0.1;IPv4.RouterHardwareAddress=00:0d:b9:1e:22:21 to known good cache
11/1/11 8:58:52.629 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveKnownStore:945 Removed Captive Property from ssid =XXXXXXXXX
11/1/11 8:58:52.633 PM configd: network configuration changed.
11/1/11 8:58:53.000 PM kernel: nstat_lookup_entry failed: 2
11/1/11 8:59:14.805 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
11/1/11 8:59:15.000 PM kernel: nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: 1320199157
11/1/11 8:59:16.347 PM com.apple.backupd: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://XXXXXXXXXXX@Wireless._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Backups
11/1/11 8:59:46.410 PM com.apple.backupd: NAConnectToServerSync failed with error: 64 for url: afp://XXXXXXXXXXXX@Wireless._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Backups
11/1/11 9:00:04.972 PM login: USER_PROCESS: 1876 ttys000
11/1/11 9:00:08.003 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:08.005 PM mDNSResponder: tcpCallback: stream connection for LLQ _ubd._tcp.1441409656.members.btmm.icloud.com. (PTR) failed 1 times, retrying in 1002 ms
11/1/11 9:00:08.005 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:08.005 PM mDNSResponder: tcpCallback: stream connection for LLQ _adisk._tcp.1441409656.members.btmm.icloud.com. (PTR) failed 1 times, retrying in 1002 ms
11/1/11 9:00:08.005 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:08.006 PM mDNSResponder: tcpCallback: stream connection for LLQ _rfb._tcp.1441409656.members.btmm.icloud.com. (PTR) failed 1 times, retrying in 1002 ms
11/1/11 9:00:08.006 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:08.006 PM mDNSResponder: tcpCallback: stream connection for LLQ _smb._tcp.1441409656.members.btmm.icloud.com. (PTR) failed 1 times, retrying in 1002 ms
11/1/11 9:00:08.006 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:08.006 PM mDNSResponder: tcpCallback: stream connection for LLQ _afpovertcp._tcp.1441409656.members.btmm.icloud.com. (PTR) failed 1 times, retrying in 1002 ms
11/1/11 9:00:10.312 PM awacsd: Connection failed. Retrying in 0 seconds.
11/1/11 9:00:33.756 PM login: DEAD_PROCESS: 1876 ttys000
11/1/11 9:00:46.410 PM com.apple.backupd: Failed to resolve network service using name = Wireless type = _afpovertcp._tcp domain = local.
11/1/11 9:00:46.589 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:46.590 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:51.322 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:51.322 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:00:56.432 PM com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error: 18
11/1/11 9:01:25.010 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:01:25.010 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:01:25.010 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:01:25.010 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:01:25.011 PM mDNSResponder: SSLHandshake failed: -9806
11/1/11 9:01:25.011 PM mDNSResponder: tcpCallback: stream connection for _ubd._tcp.1441409656.members.btmm.icloud.com. (PTR) failed, retrying in 900000 ms
11/1/11 9:01:26.322 PM awacsd: Connection failed. Retrying in 0 seconds.
11/1/11 9:01:35.101 PM Safari: -[NSProcessInfo enableSuddenTermination] has been invoked more times than necessary to balance invocations of -[NSProcessInfo disableSuddenTermination]. Ignoring.
11/1/11 9:01:35.106 PM Safari: -[NSProcessInfo enableSuddenTermination] has been invoked more times than necessary to balance invocations of -[NSProcessInfo disableSuddenTermination]. Ignoring.
11/1/11 9:01:35.113 PM Safari: -[NSProcessInfo enableSuddenTermination] has been invoked more times than necessary to balance invocations of -[NSProcessInfo disableSuddenTermination]. Ignoring.
11/1/11 9:01:35.124 PM Safari: -[NSProcessInfo enableSuddenTermination] has been invoked more times than necessary to balance invocations of -[NSProcessInfo disableSuddenTermination]. Ignoring.
11/1/11 9:01:35.197 PM Safari: -[NSProcessInfo enableSuddenTermination] has been invoked more times than necessary to balance invocations of -[NSProcessInfo disableSuddenTermination]. Ignoring.
11/1/11 9:01:35.198 PM Safari: -[NSProcessInfo enableSuddenTermination] has been invoked more times than necessary to balance invocations of -[NSProcessInfo disableSuddenTermination]. Ignoring.
11/1/11 9:01:35.646 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0xe90e9].com.apple.Terminal[1874]) Exited: Killed: 9
11/1/11 9:01:35.846 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: (com.apple.talagent[155]) Exited: Killed: 9
11/1/11 9:01:35.877 PM mds: (Error) Server: ==== XPC handleXPCMessage XPC_ERROR_CONNECTION_INVALID
11/1/11 9:01:35.901 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0x11011].com.apple.iTunesHelper[192]) Exited: Killed: 9
11/1/11 9:01:35.905 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0x19019].com.apple.AppleSpell[230]) Exited: Killed: 9
11/1/11 9:01:35.948 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: (com.apple.mdworker.pool.0[1739]) Exited: Terminated: 15
11/1/11 9:01:35.978 PM loginwindow: DEAD_PROCESS: 67 console
11/1/11 9:01:36.099 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.100 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2011-11-01 21:01:36.098 com.apple.dock.extra[1884:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.100 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.101 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2011-11-01 21:01:36.099 com.apple.dock.extra[1884:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.101 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.101 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2011-11-01 21:01:36.100 com.apple.dock.extra[1884:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.102 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.103 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2011-11-01 21:01:36.101 com.apple.dock.extra[1884:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
11/1/11 9:01:36.182 PM airportd: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “XXXXXXXX”. Bailing on auto-join.
11/1/11 9:01:36.198 PM shutdown: reboot by xxxxxxxxxxx:
 
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Jest3r said:
I use a particular hotel while I am out of town on business that has an EthoStream wireless hotspot. My MacBook Air connects to the hotspot and receives an IP via DHCP but it will not load the terms and agreement page to access the hotspot. I can see via the address bar in Safari that it correctly resolves the address via DNS and it forwards me to the correct page but it will not load the page.

Now the interesting part: If I restart the computer, boot to the recovery partition, and click on the 'Get Help Online' link to open Safari, I can type in an address and open the hotspot terms and agreement page fine. Once I accept, the hotspot becomes active and marks my MAC address as active, allowing me to restart my computer and use it normally.

As you can image, this is extremely frustrating to have to do every time I am out of town. Before I restart and boot to the recovery partition, I can ping the ethostream server so I assume that it is a problem, or perhaps a bug in Safari. The problem first came about when I upgraded to Lion. Thinking that there may have been an issue with the upgrade from Snow Leopard, I performed a clean Lion install but the problem is still present.

The IP, subnet, and default gateway as well as the DNS information acquired from the hotspot is valid, I just cannot load the page.

If anyone has had a similar issue in the past or could provide an insight as to the problem, I would be most appreciative!

2011 MacBook Air running Lion 10.7.2
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Did u solve this issue? I´ve the same problem, but with Lion 10.8.1.
:(
 
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