[AusNOG] Anyone know what this is? http://203.8.182.155/generate_204

[Graeme Allen]

I didn't realise that either (thanks all).

I also didn't notice google had moved away from my peering links onto
the transit...damn.....

On Tue, 2013-10-08 at 09:42 +1100, Geordie Guy wrote:
> Ahhhh I didn't realise all Android devices tried that generate_204
> thing, I thought it was specific to the AP I'd seen before. Assume
> it's trying to generate HTTP 204 (no content)(but a proxy)?
> 
> On 08/10/2013 10:40 AM, "Geordie Guy" <elomis at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Its the login page for a hotel wifi access point and possible
>         proxy which I think is called Nomadix.
>         
>         On 08/10/2013 10:14 AM, "Graeme Allen"
>         <gallen at mytelecom.com.au> wrote:
>                 
>                 http://203.8.182.155/generate_204
>                 
>                 If you browse to the base IP http://203.8.182.155 you
>                 get a google page
>                 
>                 AAPT are our transit provider, and I am seeing some of
>                 our hotspt user
>                 sessions "finding" their way here.
>                 
>                 Smells like a transparent proxy/cache?
>                 
>                 [gallen at gpa ~]$ whois 203.8.182.155
>                 [Querying whois.apnic.net]
>                 [whois.apnic.net]
>                 % [whois.apnic.net]
>                 % Whois data copyright terms
>                  http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
>                 
>                 % Information related to '203.8.176.0 - 203.8.183.255'
>                 
>                 inetnum:        203.8.176.0 - 203.8.183.255
>                 netname:        AAPT
>                 descr:          AAPT Limited
>                 descr:          180-188 Burnley Street
>                 descr:          Richmond VIC 3121
>                 country:        AU
>                 admin-c:        ANO2-AP
>                 tech-c:         ANO2-AP
>                 notify:         routing at connect.com.au
>                 mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
>                 mnt-lower:      MAINT-AU-AAPT
>                 status:         ALLOCATED PORTABLE
>                 mnt-irt:        IRT-AAPT-AU
>                 changed:        nobody at aunic.net 19941002
>                 changed:        aunic-transfer at apnic.net 20010525
>                 changed:        hm-changed at apnic.net 20060330
>                 source:         APNIC
>                 
>                 irt:            IRT-AAPT-AU
>                 address:        AAPT Limited
>                 address:        180-188 Burnley Street
>                 address:        Richmond VIC 3121 AU
>                 e-mail:         abuse at aapt.com.au
>                 abuse-mailbox:  abuse at aapt.com.au
>                 admin-c:        ANO2-AP
>                 tech-c:         ANO2-AP
>                 auth:           # Filtered
>                 notify:         routing.shared at aapt.com.au
>                 mnt-by:         MAINT-AU-AAPT
>                 changed:        abuse at aapt.com.au 20110317
>                 source:         APNIC
>                 
>                 role:           AAPT Network Operations
>                 address:        AAPT Limited
>                 address:        180-188 Burnley St
>                 address:        Richmond VIC 3121
>                 country:        AU
>                 phone:          +61 3 8687 5770
>                 fax-no:         +61 3 8414 3115
>                 e-mail:         routing at connect.com.au
>                 admin-c:        ANO1-AP
>                 tech-c:         ANO1-AP
>                 nic-hdl:        ANO2-AP
>                 notify:         routing at connect.com.au
>                 mnt-by:         CONNECT
>                 changed:        nobody at connect.com.au 20050224
>                 source:         APNIC
>                 
>                 % This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service
>                 version 1.68.5
>                 (WHOIS2)
>                 
>                 
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