Jeremy MountainJohnson cried from the depths of the abyss...

> I also need it to bring up a wireless interface (in addition to the
> wired network) for Internet connectivity on occasion for updating NTP
> and grabbing security updates and AV definitions. I can BASH script
> and run a cron job for everything, however the wifi requires an Accept
> button be pushed on a web page before access is granted every time a
> connection is made to it. It's a Cisco based access point. I did a
> quick search on Google and didn't find any kind of automation for
> this. Worst case scenario I could do a Python script to make this
> automated (hopefully, page is SSL) and kick it off from my cron job
> BASH script if no one has any suggestions. On a separate note, I'll be
> securing the wifi transmission as well.

This should be doable using cURL.

Mr. B-o-B