attempts at connecting to a capture portal for login via web browser with two different client setups, or what happened when wicd didn't ''just work''
# iw dev wlan0 connect -w "$host"
wlan0 (phy #0): connected to 4a:f8:b3:ce:36:17# dhclient -v wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.5
Copyright 2004-2016 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Listening on LPF/wlan0/b8:ee:65:2a:0d:7d
Sending on LPF/wlan0/b8:ee:65:2a:0d:7d
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.3.109 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPOFFER of 192.168.3.109 from 192.168.3.1
DHCPACK of 192.168.3.109 from 192.168.3.1
suspect value in host_name option - discarded
bound to 192.168.3.109 -- renewal in 1694 seconds.$ ping debian.org
PING debian.org (140.211.166.202) 56(84) bytes of data.wicd.log
36:34 :: Connecting to wireless network <host>
36:36 :: Putting interface down
36:36 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
36:36 :: Setting false IP...
36:36 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
36:36 :: Flushing the routing table...
36:36 :: Putting interface up...
36:38 :: Running DHCP with NO hostname
36:38 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.5
36:38 :: Copyright 2004-2016 Internet Systems Consortium.
36:38 :: All rights reserved.
36:38 :: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
36:38 ::
36:38 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/b8:ee:65:2a:0d:7d
36:38 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/b8:ee:65:2a:0d:7d
36:38 :: Sending on Socket/fallback
36:38 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
36:43 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
36:48 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
36:55 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
37:08 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
37:25 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
37:36 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
37:39 :: No DHCPOFFERS received.
37:39 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
37:48 :: DHCP connection failed
37:48 :: exiting connection thread
37:51 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed
$ ping debian.org
ping: debian.org: Temporary failure in name resolution<edited> iw dev wlan0 scan snippet
BSS 4a:f8:b3:ce:36:17(on wlan0)
TSF: 0 usec (0d, 00:00:00)
freq: 2437
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: ESS ShortPreamble ShortSlotTime RadioMeasure (0x1421)
signal: -42.00 dBm
last seen: 0 ms ago
SSID: <host>
Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0
DS Parameter set: channel 6
ERP: Barker_Preamble_Mode
Extended supported rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 48.0
BSS Load:
* station count: 0
* channel utilisation: 51/255
* available admission capacity: 0 [*32us]
HT capabilities:
Capabilities: 0x2d
RX LDPC
HT20
SM Power Save disabled
RX HT20 SGI
No RX STBC
Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
No DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 4 usec (0x05)
HT RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-23
HT TX MCS rate indexes are undefined
HT operation:
* primary channel: 6
* secondary channel offset: no secondary
* STA channel width: 20 MHz
* RIFS: 1
* HT protection: nonmember
* non-GF present: 1
* OBSS non-GF present: 1
* dual beacon: 0
* dual CTS protection: 0
* STBC beacon: 0
* L-SIG TXOP Prot: 0
* PCO active: 0
* PCO phase: 0
Overlapping BSS scan params:
* passive dwell: 20 TUs
* active dwell: 10 TUs
* channel width trigger scan interval: 300 s
* scan passive total per channel: 200 TUs
* scan active total per channel: 20 TUs
* BSS width channel transition delay factor: 5
* OBSS Scan Activity Threshold: 0.25 %
Extended capabilities: HT Information Exchange Supported, Extended Channel Switching
WMM: * Parameter version 1
* u-APSD
* BE: CW 15-1023, AIFSN 3
* BK: CW 15-1023, AIFSN 7
* VI: CW 7-15, AIFSN 2, TXOP 3008 usec
* VO: CW 3-7, AIFSN 2, TXOP 1504 usec