[94740] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: broken DNS proxying at public wireless hotspots
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
Sun Feb 4 10:14:52 2007
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 20:30:12 +0530
From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists@gmail.com>
To: "Gadi Evron" <ge@linuxbox.org>
Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0702030128220.31228-100000@linuxbox.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 2/3/07, Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > What do nanogers usually do when caught in a situation like this?
>
> Important question: if memory serves, and you are in the "Paris Charles de
> Gaulle International Airport", wireless costs money.
Yes - at a hilton there. Only - its a swisscom hotspot. And trying to
explain things to tier 1 tech support might not be the most useful
thing to do .. I'm going to be already jetlagged and catching up on
work before my next flight.
> I had this problem in a more annoying location. On a connexxion wireless
> on a flight to NYC.
Funny. During its all too brief life, Connexion By Boeing never gave
me this sort of problem, I used to use it all the time on lufthansa
flights.
> What I do if there are no alternatives is very simply... kick back and
> listen to some music (unless you have some cellular 3G connectivity).
Yeah, and then go catch up on all the work that's piled up after 18++
hours flying from the US to India. Fun.
Thread's gone way OT now - I'll close it here.
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Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)
