Captive Portal problem

noimjosh · 2018-03-12T19:06:34.738Z

Hi, I’m fairly new to this (both the site and travel routers). I know many people have experienced issues with captive portals, and the goto answer appears to be

config rebind_protection ‘0’

But, I can’t get this to work. The captive portal attempts to open, but nothing loads. I’ve even tried logging in on a device, then cloning my MAC address to no avail. I’m at a loss.

Thanks!

Edit: I apparently didn’t finish my post

alzhao · 2018-03-13T04:38:06.654Z

Can you try the latest firmware? You can disable rebind_protection in the UI->Internet->Custom DNS page.

You may need to reconnect your wifi.

noimjosh · 2018-03-13T10:48:56.818Z

alzhao, I should have mentioned that I have tried both v2.263 and v2. 27 using the GUI as well as manually editing /etc/config/dhcp. Neither has worked.

alzhao · 2018-03-13T11:59:41.500Z

You may attach your browser screen shot so that we can check the url. It is also good to know where is the capital portal e.g. which hotel.

noimjosh · 2018-03-13T15:36:01.440Z

The captive portal is in a dorm room, not a hotel, and it requires username and password to enable internet access, but is restricted to one device per account. I’m not there at the moment, but I’ll try to get a screen shot later.

noimjosh · 2018-03-14T03:55:27.083Z

I’ve solved the problem with the captive portal (somehow, I’m still not sure exactly how). If I ssh into the router, it’s definitely connected to the internet. Now the problem is that I cannot access the internet from my private wifi network.

alzhao · 2018-03-14T04:04:32.737Z

generally the portal will block http and https pages. If you use other protocol you may have Internet.

noimjosh · 2018-03-15T01:39:05.877Z

I’ve managed to get a VPN up and running, which provides full access. Thanks for the help!