I sent a similar suggestion direct and cc'd the monowall list (but bounced).
I had problems with 1.3b CP until I set DNS to opendns.com even though 
the internet access modem was set to my internet provider's DNS servers.

John


Bob Gustafson wrote:
> The long pause sounds like a DNS lookup problem.  It times out on one 
> 'route' and succeeds on the next.
>
> Is there anything different about the 192.168.0.5 config between your 
> 1.22 and 1.231 ?
>
> A shot in the dark.
>
> Bob G
>
> On Jun 28, 2007, at 11:58, The Opera House Internet Cafe wrote:
>
>> I hate to resend something that i had previously sent,  but i never 
>> got any
>> replies.  and am getting desperate for an answer.
>>
>> after switching from 1.22 to 1.231 I had noticed a problem with 
>> redriects
>> from the Captive Portal login page,  Our customers would enter in their
>> login info,  and the CP Login page would sit there for 10-60 
>> seconds,   the
>> status bar in IE or Firefox would say "Waiting for 192.168.0.5" (our 
>> mono
>> server).  after 10-60 secodns,  the page would redirect and they 
>> could go on
>> about their business.
>>
>> after much tinkering/trial/error/coffee  i realised that the CP was
>> authenticating me immediately,   if i clicked the submit button then
>> switched to a command line,  i could ping out.  so it was definately the
>> $PORTAL_REDIRURL$
>>
>>
>> My boss,  being much less computer literate,  and thus able to 
>> immediately
>> see the problem,  said "Try going back to 1.22"  so i did, and lo  and
>> behold,  the problem doesn't happen.    it does happen in 1.23 and 
>> 1.231.
>>
>> Of course the obvious answer is "Well just stick with 1.22"  alas,  i 
>> also
>> have issues with 1.22.    unless i reboot monowall every morning,   
>> it stops
>> giving out DHCP addresses at some point during the day.  and it randomly
>> starts letting specific static IP's through the captive portal without
>> authenticating.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas about why this would happen? and if there is a
>> solution (other than sticking with 1.22)
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> --Matt
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