Problem connecting to open wifi network

Bug Reports
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REPRODUCIBILITY: Always
OS VERSION: 5.1.0.11 (Pispala)
HARDWARE: Sony Xperia 10 III
UI LANGUAGE: Swedish
REGRESSION: No it didn’t work with earlier releases

DESCRIPTION:

A ICA store that has no connection from my ISP offers free wifi and i can’t connect to it.
I can’t even get the page with the checkbox to accept the TOS.

PRECONDITIONS:

Chose wifi network and wait for the login page with the TOS to open automagically.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Try to connect to the open wifi by choosing the open network

EXPECTED RESULT:

I expect to be able to see the landing page and accept TOS and the connect to the free wifi.

ACTUAL RESULT:

I don’t see the landing page that is needed to accept TOS so i can connect to the wifi.
What i get is [ 404 ] Resource Not Found The resource requested cannot be found.
When i use the address in a web browser i get Bad Request This combination of host and port requires TLS.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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You might try “cph” (short for "captive portal helper”) from openrepos, it seems to have been written exactly for that kind of networks.

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I will try that next time i visit that store.

4

Another solution is to visit http://neverssl.com (making sure to type http://, so that the browser doesn’t try to use an encrypted connection) - perhaps in an Android browser, depending on how the captive portal is built. Make a bookmark to have it readily available.

5

Maybe install the app before you need their wifi?