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likemike

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Registered: 2019-12-29

Posts: 54

[SOLVED]How to connect to public wifi that uses captive portal with NM

Im trying to connect to my school's wifi network on my laptop that uses network manager. The wifi network is one that sends you to a captive page that requires you to create a 12 hour guest account and login before you can connect.
I've tried connecting to the network with nmtui and it apparently connects but there's no internet access and I cant ping Google's DNS servers. Ifconfig reports that I have been assigned a dynamic IP and ip link says the interface is dormant. Wifi works on my home network. Anybody know what things I can try to connect?

Thanks,
-likemike

Last edited by likemike (2020-02-07 07:33:36)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: [SOLVED]How to connect to public wifi that uses captive portal with NM

If you use your own fixed DNS server, then try to use the one provided by DHCP instead. Then also try to open an unencrypted url, so that the router has a chance to redirect you to the captive portal:

http://http.rip/
http://httpforever.com/
http://neverssl.com/

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likemike

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Registered: 2019-12-29

Posts: 54

Re: [SOLVED]How to connect to public wifi that uses captive portal with NM

If you use your own fixed DNS server, then try to use the one provided by DHCP instead. Then also try to open an unencrypted url, so that the router has a chance to redirect you to the captive portal:

http://http.rip/
http://httpforever.com/
http://neverssl.com/

Navigating to a non-encrytped website did the trick. Thank you for your advice.