Linux blocked on university network

[badook]

Hi, I am facing an annoying problem with the wireless network of my university.
The network is open, doesnt have wpa/wep, and once connected when requesting any page in the browser it gets redirected to a login page.
Basically any pc running windows works fine, however if the os is linux-based than the pc connects just fine, it gets an ip, but the login page never loads.
I have tried several browsers, several machines, even my android smartphone is locked out as well as all my friends running ubuntu, arch linux and others linux distros.
The technical support never answered my email, and it's now 3 weeks that we are all without internet.
Does anybody know what could be the problem? The university has not officially locked out linux pcs...
Thanks!

[AlphaLexman]

Do you attend school in Redmond, Washington?

[badook]

No Italy ...have you got a similar problem there?

[SaintDanBert]

There is a similar problem some of us have with public hotspots in hotel rooms and similar. I "moved the flat to a different wheel to make it go away..." (grin)

1. Boot win-dose and connect -- all goes well; you get a session and their network sees your MAC address
2. Quickly reboot into linux and Try connection -- quickly so that their network does not completely discard your session
(Because your MAC address is now known to their network, things seem to move along better)
3. Open a brower to somewhere "tame" -- (I like to use university home pages) This provokes the login and authentication at most hotels. Some school sites do the same thing.

Pleaes let us know what you discover. We are hearing about more frequent hostilities toward linux workstations.

~~~ 0;-Dan
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[SaintDanBert]

No Italy ...have you got a similar problem there?

Er, um, Redmond, Washington (State) is the home of Microsoft, Inc.

Cheers,
~~~ 0;-Dan

[badook]

I tried a similar approach...basically I logged in with windows, turned the wifi off, changed the mac of my phone to match the one of my netbook and connected, but the result was still the same, no pages where loading...I can't understand why it happens...it seems to me so absurd...

[badook]

Er, um, Redmond, Washington (State) is the home of Microsoft, Inc.

Cheers,
~~~ 0;-Dan

Ops...I thought he was serious and didn't think about it twice...I should delete my answer then...eheh

[Simian Man]

Have you tried changing your user agent string?

[badook]

Yes...no luck

[AlphaLexman]

Ops...I thought he was serious and didn't think about it twice...I should delete my answer then...eheh

Sorry, I was being silly and was probably out of line, I thought the smiley and the joke was obvious.