| Posted on: | 05/02/2022 08:53:00 PM |
| Last edited: | 05/02/2022 08:53:00 PM |
Okay, so you’re at a mall or something, there’s public WiFi. Cool. And you can access the internet with your phone. But you open your Linux computer and connect to the network, yet nothing happens ! I’ll show you how to fix this.
Most public wifi networks use what is known as a Captive Portal. It is merely a login page used to authenticate control over Wi-Fi hotspots (Nyman, 2013).
just go to http://192.168.1.1 on a web browser. It should redirect you to the login page.
tldr didn’t work ? Open a web browser, create an incognito window, go to a website you’ve never visited before. It should redirect you to the login page.
get into a terminal. type the following command: ip route.
you should get something like:
$ ip route
default via 192.168.1.1 dev zwn0 proto dhcp metric 600
172.17.0.0/16 dev docker0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.1 linkdown
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.68 metric 600
192.168.1.1.
That should redirect you to the login page. If none of these
solutions work, you should try reading this [0] stackoverflow
question. It has great explanations on what
could be going on, as well as multiple solutions.
if you’re on a nice Desktop Environment (DE), the captive portal page will most likely open for you just as you connect to the network.