problem with ABE

[bakti]

When I connect to BT WiFi (Openzone) I need to login (not through the wifi itself but on a site) before being able to visit other sites. For example this is what I get when I try to go on the BBC news site:


Disabling ABE resolves the issue but I remember having a similar problem a while ago and got a solution here.
For those who don't know, BT Wifi is like a public WiFi but only for BT customers who can login with their credentials on a site that opens automatically when you try to go on a page.
I don't think I've touched anything in the ABE settings but just in case this is how it's configured now:
ABE unticked (because of this problem)
Allow sites to push their own rulesets unticked
WAN IP setting ticked
Rulesets:
SYSTEM

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# Prevent Internet sites from requesting LAN resources.
Site LOCAL
Accept from LOCAL
Deny

USER

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# User-defined rules. Feel free to experiment here.

[Thrawn]

Can you get around this by browsing directly to https://www.btopenzone.com:8443/home first?
If not, then what error does that give you?

You'll probably need to add a new SYSTEM rule, before the built-in one, so that ABE will stop protecting BT from the general internet.

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Site https://www.btopenzone.com:8443
Accept GET

# Prevent Internet sites from requesting LAN resources.
Site LOCAL
Accept from LOCAL
Deny

[Guest]

Can you get around this by browsing directly to https://www.btopenzone.com:8443/home first?

Maybe but I need to relog every certain amount of time as the session expires so doing it straight away when going on a site makes it easier, anyway your solution works, thanks.