[Pidgin] #10784: PIdgin attempts to connect even through webauth gateway (i.e. Cisco)

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#10784: PIdgin attempts to connect even through webauth gateway (i.e. Cisco)
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 Reporter:  kareeser      |     Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  enhancement   |    Status:  new       
Component:  unclassified  |   Version:  2.6.3     
 Keywords:                |  
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 Normal pidgin behaviour had pidgin waiting for a network connection before
 attempting to connect. That's good!

 However, at my university, we must authenticate using Cisco Clean Access
 agent. Or alternatively, with Linux, we must log in using a web form
 before internet access is enabled.

 In essence, all traffic is routed to 1.1.1.1, which causes pidgin to trip
 on itself trying to look for the pidgin auth server.

 Could pidgin possibly be patched so that if a network connection is
 established BUT it can't ping the pidgin server, it waits a couple seconds
 (maybe every 5 seconds), and tries again?

 pidgin:
   Installed: 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1
   Candidate: 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1
   Version table:
  *** 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1 0
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7 0
         500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca karmic/main Packages

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