All-In on MX Linux, but can not connect from any cafe/hotel wifi

[Nue_fell0]

hello forum, i decided to go 100% all linux and installed MX on my former c:\ erasing windows. Was very happy. everything was great until first time I go to starbucks.

I order coffee and sit down then there is no pop-up for captive portal/wifi access login. I tried to go to chain restaurant close by with wifi and same thing. My cell phone immediately prompts with login page from starbucks router. my previous win11 OS was always able to connect after wifi pop-up agreement. but, quite literally, nothing happens when I open a linux browser. I tried firefox, brave, chromium, libre etc. Made sure vpn disabled. even uninstalled vpn client and restart. Nothing succeed in calling the automatic pop-up like phone & windows. I found some info to ping google from terminal/ensure DNS is set to automatic, use terminal to get access point ip and type into browser, and quite a few other things. But no luck after some hours. For curiosity, I stopped at a small independent cafe with a router like home. the cashier told me the password and instantly i'm online. But any commercial chain like starbucks or hotel. it is a failure. only phone and windows works. Any ideas would be appreciated. I feel foolish not figuring this out. I would bet it is some few lines in terminal I am unaware of.

[CharlesV]

Welcome in!

Please post your QSI ( MX Menu | Quick System Info | Copy for Forum | paste here )

Usually, I have seen this on my portal installations when caching is getting in the way. Try clearing your browser cache or refreshing the page once connected and see if that helps.

[j2mcgreg]

In MX 23, the firewall is on by default. Disable it when you want to use a hot spot and see if that makes a difference.

[Charlie Brown]

... If still the same:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ ... ve_portals

• https://github.com/FiloSottile/captive- ... ve-browser

[Charlie Brown]

... ensure DNS is set to automatic ...

Also add 1.1.1.1 and/or 8.8.8.8 in IPv4 tab .

[Nue_fell0]

Hello guys,
for the sake of work I had to reinstall windows shortly after posting here. I fully intend to wipe my hd and install MX again this weekend. I will run through these suggestions & will post how it goes. I aim to make MX the daily driver OS for my laptop as it is now for my desktop!

[Nue_fell0]

... If still the same:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ ... ve_portals

• https://github.com/FiloSottile/captive- ... ve-browser

Well gents, I tried the suggestions and no luck. I'm wouldn't doubt that attempting the steps from the archwiki may not have succeeded because I am not yet that proficient, however I am about to try another experiment. I know this laptop had no issues when it is running win11, so I am now about to try ubuntu just for the hell of it, to see if it "just works" i hate to say. IF it infact it does 'just work' I am wondering if this is something the MX devs/maintainers need to work on. I am sold on Linux i see the light. I am very happy with MX on desktop, but i as soon as i start explaining the trouble to connect to the net at a coffee shop my apple friend rolling his eyes asking why i just dont' get a mac. but that is ok

[rich]

You can also try going to a non-ssl site like http://www.neverssl.com to see if that lets your browser redirect to the captive portal log in

[Nue_fell0]

You can also try going to a non-ssl site like http://www.neverssl.com to see if that lets your browser redirect to the captive portal log in

hello Rich, when the issue originally happened I did stumble across that link as a way to 'kickstart' the browser to pull up the starbucks captive portal. it did not work for me that day unfortunately

[CharlesV]

On the ubquiti portals that I run, if there is a custom / static DNS ( such as in a VPN or static setup), then the proper DNS ( the portal router) is not checked and then there is no Sign On dialog screen.

This doesnt always happen, but 9 out of 10 times this has been the issue when I am called. (And that is windows, MAC or linux - doesnt matter if the machine is not 100% dhcp dns.)