Every day I go to my local coffee shop. When I want to connect to the net, my Nexus shows wifi points available and I choose the appropriate one for the cafe. It doesn't need a password, but it does show a webpage where you have to agree to the terms by click the Ok button.
Is there anyway to automate this, or get around this? Its such a pain in the ass! I have Tasker if that makes any difference.
Thanks,
Jon
That is called a captive portal and no.
Or called a splash page. I worked for a hotel wifi company and we used devices called "nomadix." When you connect, the device gives you an IP, then sticks you in a pending stage until you click OK or Accept on the portal page. Until then, it won't let any IP based traffic through. Usually there's a timeout that they can modify. But being in a cafe, I highly doubt it. They're probably using a walmart bought wifi router with ddwrt firmware. I know starbucks has a splash page for their wifi.
Well, there is *sort* of a way around it, but not very convenient for cafes/etc. I am currently staying at a hotel that has said portal to access the WiFi network. What I have done is connected to said WiFi network with my laptop, then utilized "connectify" to re-transmit that authorized WiFi to me and my wife's devices. Basically turning my laptop into a wireless router. Another plus is that I can set my own WEP/WPA/etc protection to the retransmitted signal. So while this may not be a solution for cafes, etc - it certainly is a fantastic one for hotels!
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I believe there are a few apps in the market which can automate this for some portals, but it's basically just scraping the page and trying to guess some information to put in, etc, so it won't work 100% of the time.
I haven't used any, so no specific suggestions, but here's a few from search:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=wifi login
i have this exact problem with the wifi in the pub i chef in. our broadband is provided by HEINEKEN beer. we also must connect then load browser window to accept terms.
the pub owner would also like it removed to allow people to auto-connect in the normal way because obviously when a customer steps outside for a ciggerette as it is illegal to smoke inside a public place in the uk now,. they would then need to keep re-connecting theyre phones/tablets...
ive managed to switch a total of 8 staff and about 25 customers to ditching ios for android there normaly at least 3 nexus 7's at any one time in my pub now :victory::victory: and our bar now also has nfc tags.
The app Wi-fi web login seems to be working for me.
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How can i check if there is a Wireless Network in my area? I mean networks like Universitys have and coffee shops?
I know that at my house it connects automatically because i have no security whatsoever on my network, but it doesn't semm to work at commercial places or my university.
http://www.aspecto-software.com/rw/applications/wififofum/
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How can i check if there is a Wireless Network in my area? I mean networks like Universitys have and coffee shops?
I know that at my house it connects automatically because i have no security whatsoever on my network, but it doesn't semm to work at commercial places or my university.
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Take a tip and protect your wireless network at home. Up until recently mine was unprotected as I didnt think anyone lived close enough to me who was into computers. Was down late one night and just happened to see the wifi light on my router blinking. I knew no one else was up on the laptop or psp and I wasnt using my phone so I started to wonder what the hell was going on.
On investigating I found a computer as part of my workgroup called mikey_234234 or something similar. Seems there was someone close enough and they were kindly using my broadband and probably sharing my files ( although it was only a small folder with ppc stuff in it ).
I protected it straight away and the light stopped blinking and now the mikey computer has gone. Someone somewhere has lost their free ride.
Seriously protect your network my friend.
I always protect my Wireless Network(s).
Or via TKIP (password authentication), or simple MAC Adress Filtering.
Although I don't have a datalimit, it's fun to see unprotected networks and fun to use them.
Buying a wireless router is just like buying a car, it works plug-and-play, but you gotta lock it, otherwise people will get in
I can pick up the WIFI, and it says excellent connection, but the school requires a login page for you to enter your username and password before you can start browsing.
So after I'm connected, I try opening a browser but it instantly says I dont have internet access. I dont know what to do or how to fix this. Has this happened to anyone else?
If your campus is like mine, you may have to go to the IT help office. Once a year I need to do this to have a clearance installed on my laptop. Havent tried yet for my G2 but I know we support iphones for wifi on campus.
How safe is it to connect the G2 to a open network without security though? Thats what worries me about connecting my G2 to my schools WiFi.
as long as there is no protection on the Wifi it is possible for other users to see what you send and receive on your phone over wifi.
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How safe is it to connect the G2 to a open network without security though? Thats what worries me about connecting my G2 to my schools WiFi.
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I'd worry more about connecting your computer to the WiFi. As far as open WiFi goes, the school ones is probably more secure than your random Starbucks is, however.
This is how to get WIFI on my campus, maybe yours might be the same
http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/network/wireless/android.html
The thing is my school network doesn't prompt me for a password.
As of now I have yet to fix the problem. In some buildings, I have no problem using the WIFI. Basically connect to the network, open my browser and it will ask me to input my ID and password and done.
But there are times where I connect to the network, open my browser and it just shows an offline page. I can keep on refreshing, but it just loads the offline page right away, and I can't find a way to input my password.
I've tried bookmarking the input page, but it still doesn't work.
I've also tried copying down the IP and DNS but it didnt work either.. and too troublesome.
For some reason WIFI on android just sucks. My old old sony ericsson phone could connect to the school network every single time. It could also connect to the ad-hoc network my windows 7 laptop send out using connectify.
Yet my new desire z has problem connecting to campus networks and cannot see ad-hoc until i temproot it and mess with the system files.
ironic huh
Really? In my school am able to connect with my g2
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Unfortunately there is not known any other way for the ad hoc except root and temp root.I does not work also on the latest 1.82.
How safe is it to connect the G2 to a open network without security though? Thats what worries me about connecting my G2 to my schools WiFi.
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Dude the op stated he needed a username and password..so how exactly is that an open network?
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If it's anything like my school, it will be WPA-Enterprise.
ID will usually be: (domain)\(student ID) where (domain) is your schools domain (ask IT for it) followed by your student ID
PW will usually be the same password you use to log into the school computers.
IT people are usually helpful in getting your devices onto the school network.
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The thing is my school network doesn't prompt me for a password.
As of now I have yet to fix the problem. In some buildings, I have no problem using the WIFI. Basically connect to the network, open my browser and it will ask me to input my ID and password and done.
But there are times where I connect to the network, open my browser and it just shows an offline page. I can keep on refreshing, but it just loads the offline page right away, and I can't find a way to input my password.
I've tried bookmarking the input page, but it still doesn't work.
I've also tried copying down the IP and DNS but it didnt work either.. and too troublesome.
For some reason WIFI on android just sucks. My old old sony ericsson phone could connect to the school network every single time. It could also connect to the ad-hoc network my windows 7 laptop send out using connectify.
Yet my new desire z has problem connecting to campus networks and cannot see ad-hoc until i temproot it and mess with the system files.
ironic huh
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This would happen to me on my campus also. What I would do is either keep pressing the back button until the browser exits completely, go back to the homepage(browser homepage), or just reboot the phone/kill browser task. Its certainly not consistent but at least one of those three would solve the problem on my campus.
On the other hand, my campus is in the city so generally hspa+ is faster than campus wifi (sad i know)
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How safe is it to connect the G2 to a open network without security though? Thats what worries me about connecting my G2 to my schools WiFi.
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Paranoia is a disease unto itself and may I add the person standing next to you may not be who they appear to be so take precaution.
More than likely you have to register your MAC address with the school. Should be done with the computer department (probably via a web page).
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More than likely you have to register your MAC address with the school. Should be done with the computer department (probably via a web page).
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this can sometimes be the case, although on my g2 here at Oxford College of Emory University, I never had to go to IT to officially register at all.
something that might work, though. Try not using the stock browser, but instead something like miren, dolphin browser or the like, and set the browser to use the desktop mode. Usually this will bring up the login screen, just like it would as if you had logged in from your laptop. hope that works for you, if not, pm me or hit me up on google talk (same user) and I can try to help troubleshoot some other possibilities.
I looked around for a few answers but sadly most postings with a similar question did not have replies...
I bought my dad an Optimus 7 a few months ago and on his current phone plan he doesn't pay for data so he relies a lot on wi-fi at home and his second home- Starbucks.
He claims after I forced the Mango update to his phone 2 weeks ago that he can no longer connect to free wi-fi at Starbucks yet when he goes home the phone has no issues connecting to wi-fi there instantly. He says it was fine before I updated. Mind you, he is the least tech saavy person I know. Perhaps he is missing a step. He says he goes to connect to Starbucks but no web brower page will open.
Does anyone know if this is an issue? I'm trying to avoid a trip to see him just to try to fix this.
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I looked around for a few answers but sadly most postings with a similar question did not have replies...
I bought my dad an Optimus 7 a few months ago and on his current phone plan he doesn't pay for data so he relies a lot on wi-fi at home and his second home- Starbucks.
He claims after I forced the Mango update to his phone 2 weeks ago that he can no longer connect to free wi-fi at Starbucks yet when he goes home the phone has no issues connecting to wi-fi there instantly. He says it was fine before I updated. Mind you, he is the least tech saavy person I know. Perhaps he is missing a step. He says he goes to connect to Starbucks but no web brower page will open.
Does anyone know if this is an issue? I'm trying to avoid a trip to see him just to try to fix this.
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Normally, the wifi at starbucks forces a browser login before internet access is allowed. Are you sure he is actually trying to pull up a page in IE before trying anything else, and not just trying to check email or using an app that pulls data?
Maybe Starbucks WiFi is only available to iThings users.
Starbucks in the UK works for me. In fact they're now offering it free without a Starbucks card.
As an earlier post says, you need to login first. If he's going to a https page, for some reason that doesn't work to redirect to the Starbucks login page. Best thing to do is have him go to Google or something. If you can go with him one time, pin / bookmark the login page.
Well I tried doing it myself on his phone. I can see the wi-fi connection listed. I hit connect. It begins to connect.. slowly then says it's connected. Moments later a webpage opens automatically which is the Starbucks page (where normally you would agreed to it's terms and conditions first).
Except it doesnt give you the option to accept and check the box. Instead its the Starbucks page with an error message on the bottom saying that it cannot connect basically and you can all a specific phone # to help. We called it and it takes you to Bell Canada tech support. We spoke to them about the problem and they said they provide the wi-fi service to Starbucks here I guess in Toronto.
They checked their connections apparently on their end, said they were fine and claim the issue to be our end with the phone.
Now here's the funny thing. We walked over to 2 other places nearby with free wi-fi and I could connect on his phone to both without an issue. We also connected to my wi-fi at my place. So it ONLY will not connect to Starbucks but appears to connect to other wi-fi spots.
This one stumps me for sure. But I know for a fact before Mango he could connect to Starbucks fine.
Hello all.
I can connect my Nexus 10 to my home wifi (password protected), my girlfriend's home wifi (password protected), and the wifi at public places (I've only tried ones without passwords so far). My only problem is when using my University's Wifi. They have one that you use with an account and password, and one that is free (though you need to sign in using an email via a website. Kinda like hotels).
This is surprising to me because I have a Galaxy Nexus running the same OS (4.2.1) and it can connect just fine. When my N10 tries to connect, it says "connecting" for a second or two, and then it just says "Saved" but never "connected" and it never shows a wifi connected symbol at the top right.
I have read multiple posts about wifi problems from 4.2 but couldn't find any specifically buggy wifi problems like this. Have any of you heard of this or a solution to it? Any help would be appreciated!
Have you tried a reboot? Also check to see if your frequency band is set to auto under advanced wifi settings.
Gotta love university security and logins... they can't leave stuff simple
Oh yes. I have rebooted many times and tried using auto, as well as both frequency bands separately.
Hmmm...are you on stock?
Yes I am. Stock on both my Gnex and N10.
I wonder if using a third party wireless manager would help. Search the PlayStore and try one or two. Before you do that, go into your normal WiFi settings and click "forget this network" on the university one.
Hi there,
I work at a University in the midlands and had the same/similar problem. It's to do with certificate revocation in Jellybean (and also the latest ios my colleague tells me). For example on my Nexus 10 I was able to see the network and obtain an ip address but the webpage where you login wouldn't redirect or load. I don't know what Uni you go to but we are advising people to give the IT dept a call and give them your mac address and they can create a fixed profile.
Hope this helps
I'll definitely try the third party app. As for telling the n10 to forget the WiFi, I tried that many times too
Well that's why I mentioned my gnexus because they're the same android versions so if it works on one it should on the N10. I actually work for tech support at my university and my boss couldn't figure it out or suggest a process like you described. Thanks, though!
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I'll definitely try the third party app. As for telling the n10 to forget the WiFi, I tried that many times too
Well that's why I mentioned my gnexus because they're the same android versions so if it works on one it should on the N10. I actually work for tech support at my university and my boss couldn't figure it out or suggest a process like you described. Thanks, though!
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Oh yeah you did mention your Galaxy Nexus, my bad! let us know how you get on with the third party app. You could try giving your N10 a static or reserved IP if you have access, as a workaround!
Hey guys,
I'm from France and had such trouble with my Motorola Milestone and my HTC HD2 (and friends too with Samsung Galaxy S2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Active) with my school's network. If it's an Eduroam network, try Eduroam Fixer from PlayStore, it helped all of us except one Samsung Galaxy S2. Give it a try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.luqq.eduroamfixer&hl=fr
I wish I could use that app, but it says I can't use it in my country (USA)
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I wish I could use that app, but it says I can't use it in my country (USA)
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Make sure you have the EAP set correctly and check if you need a phase 2 authentication. For example, here at UofM we use PEAP for eap and mchapv2 for the phase 2. If you don't have details like these, your tablet won't connect even if you have the proper login.
You will find them at the top of the page you use to login to a secure network.
Hope this helps!
Yes, that is exactly how the secure WiFi is set up at my University, too! What should I do in this case?
Edit: Nvm, Just noticed this was already tried
I had a similar issue with my One XL. It was a frequency issue. I switched it from 5ghz to auto and all was good.
Settings/WiFi/advanced/WiFi frequency band/auto.
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Okay so I found out that my N10 is able to connect to the exact same WiFi network when in another building. I believe there is just an issue connecting to the specific router used at a computer lab. Will update when/if a resolution arises for that lab.
Today i bought my new nexus 7 3G.
After switch on my tab, i must see that for first use i need WLAN.
My Problem:
I Don't have WLAN at home.
all my Android-phones i was able to Start without WLAN, but not the nexus 7.
In my City there is a Free hot spot, übt i Can't use it.
to Start the Session i need accept Terms of use, übt i can't Open the Browser.
is there Any way to Start First Installation with 3g?
if Not i have to send back my N7 to Shop
if you have an android phone tether it to that to get it working,
I tethered to my HOX because I was at work and couldn't be bothered to walk a block away for WiFi.
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I pulled an old WEP-only router out of the basement and used that - even though it was not connected to the internet.
It stalls a little bit - presumably trying to contact Google's servers - but eventually falls through without complaining about anything.
So apparently all you need is to associate with the wifi AP and get an IP address, even if packets can't route and DNS fails. LOL
If that doesn't work, there's got to be an open WiFi near you someplace - put a WiFi scanner on your phone and go for a drive.
Thanks, now it works