How to connect GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) router to free Wi-Fi as a repeater with added confirmation for the free Wi-Fi

Routers
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Hi everyone:

I purchased the GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) router for the purpose of using it as a VPN thru my home NAS while I travel. So I tried it yesterday and encountered an issue.

(I need to preface this by saying that I set it up for the VPN connection via WireGuard.)

To test it, I went to a local business that provides free Wi-Fi. I had my laptop and the GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) router with me. I was able to log in to its 192.168.8.1 interface and went to “Internet” to set up the WiFi. The setup page could see the free Wi-Fi’s SSID, but when I tried to connect to it, it was telling me that there’s no internet. So it didn’t work.

If I tried to connect to that free Wi-Fi directly from my laptop it would pop up a webpage where they wanted me to click (acknowledge) their terms of service and then the connection would proceed.

My question is - how do I do that from the Beryl AX router interface when I’m setting it up in a repeater mode?

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I think if you want control your Nas at home to outside network. Have you try Tailscale or ZeroTier?
Sometime your Nas does have ddns if you open port in router.

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Thanks. But this is not what I’m asking.

Again, I need to know how to log in to a free Wi-Fi that is used for the Beryl AX router in the “repeater” mode when that Wi-Fi requires confirmation via their webpage.

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The answer is easy: It depends.

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There’s too damn many methods, that is, no standardization in how hotspots authenticate so… “it depends.”

I’d just get in the habit of first attempting authentication by a phone or other device then cloning that device’s MAC address into the Beryl AX.

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@bring.fringe18 Hmm. Interesting. I didn’t think about it. Thanks. Let’s say I’m on an iPhone, how do I “clone” the MAC address into the Beryl AX?

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See the link to the approp. doc already ITT. IDK how you’d go about finding the iPhone’s MAC though. Someone probably has a little video on YT, I’d bet.

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Guess you have to disable the MAC randomization first: Use private Wi-Fi addresses on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch - Apple Support

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Maybe… but there’s no way in Hell would I be associating my real MACs to an untrusted (read: hostile) network. YMMV, of course.