I just tried and it works with Hyatt.
The only thing I have done is to disable dns rebind protection.
I think you May have made too many settings and too many combinations of trying.
@alzhao It is possible, too many combos or maybe no reboot for one of them. I will drive to Hilton today and retry on 3.03 firmware with all options including dns rebind disabled.
DNS Rebinding attack protection - disabled
Override DNS settings for all clients - disabled
DNS over TLS from cloudflare - disabled
Manual DNS Server settings - not set
If it does not work, I will take a video showing this and put on Onedrive so you can download to see. If it does work, I will ask for forgiveness 
Thanks. You may also do a full clean of the firmware just to test the portal.
@alzhao and @kyson-lok I drove to the Hilton today and recorded my iPad. I have private messaged you a link to a Microsoft Onedrive Video showing how I am unable to get the captive portal page to appear when using the Slate aka AR-750S with DNS rebinding disabled as well as all other options on that page.
I was not able to do a factory reset because the 30-30-30 method did not work, and I saw another page wh ere it said I needed to hold the reset button for more than 8 seconds but less than 20 seconds, and that also did not work…but a factory reset should not be needed anyway because I am not an advanced user messing with settings. Also kyson-lok had something to add a host entry in Luci but as I did not have a laptop I was unable to try that…again it is too advanced for a normal user/customer anyway.
I am asking our guys in the US to test at Hilton.
Got your message and video.
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I’m in China now. I’ve been staying at Hilton, Conrad, and Doubletree hotels in Shanghai , Xiamen and Hong Kong.
One thing I did to get around the captive portal issue was to connect first using my laptop and fill out my last name/room number, etc. Then I cloned the laptop’s MAC address on the GL.iNet device, and used it to connect to the HHonors or Hilton Honors networks, and it worked perfectly.
@skydve1x , this same mac cloning process you describe also works for me at Hilton and I did this at my last two hiltons to sidestep the captive portal issue per my first updates. but as you know is a little complex for an average person, I think most people would give up before figuring out how to do that.
The mac cloning actually did not work for me at Hyatt Beijing. After logging in successfully with my laptop and cloning the laptop mac address, the internet still did not route through the Router.
Hi there, we recently tested the wifi captive portal in a HIlton Hotel in the US. It’s successful! We used a GL-MiFi router (because it has built-in battery and portable) installed with Firmware ver.3.002. Test device is an iPhone 6S plus with iOS ver.11.4.
Process: 1) Connect to router wirelessly; 2) Enter Admin Panel; 3) Scan WiFi and connect to Hotel WiFi; 4) After the success msg popping up, go to Safari browser and visit Bing.com; 5) The captive portal showed up.
Here’re the capscreens:
We also tried Sheraton Hotel with the same device:
We also tried Crowne Plaza Hotel with the same device:
Sometimes, Apple products reject the Wi-Fi connection they failed to connect too many times, just try 1. forget the same-name networks(i.e Hotel WiFi) in your router and the router SSID in your Apple products; 2. Re-do the connection process. Note: make sure your devices have enough power supply ( >15% battery life of your Apple products) and you did disable the DNS rebind protection and other DNS settings.
FWIW, I was in two hotels over the weekend, one via Ethernet and one via WiFi, both Marriott hotels, and I had no problems with getting past the captive portal. I do have all DNS options unchecked and am running FW 3.003 .
I had the same problem on boty my AS-750S and USB150. I found upgrading to the testing firmware (currently 3.013) solved the problem, there is now an option in the bottom right when selecting the wifi network to repeat called ‘repeater options’ under that there is an ‘automatically detect captive portal’ option which when enabled solved the issue.
I am glad that this works for you.
Now it is around half:half in my reporting that the portal detection works or not in the testing firmware.
I haven’t had any issues connecting to Hilton properties on mine. There is always the option to clone the MAC address of your phone after getting your phone connect to the hotel’s portal.
I’m supremely disappointed after reading so many affirmations that GLiNet 750S (Slate) recognizes and displays captive portals when connected to wireless hotspots.
My 750S has, thus far, connected to only one captive portal (it was a Hilton). Subsequent attempts to connect at Hilton, Best Western and now Loews have proven fruitless.
I just upgraded to firmware v. 3.022. No change.
Symptoms: After router reboot, I scan and select a local, unsecured hotspot (today: “Loews”) — a hotspot that presents a captive portal if I connect to it, directly from my iPhone, iPad or PC client. I choose Repeater Options: “Auto detect Captive Portal” = On. I verify that More Settings->Custom DNS Server->DNS Rebinding Attack Protection = Off. I reboot the router. I connect my client PC (on which I’ve already performed a “flushdns” to the router and then attempt to browse the internet. I see no captive portal and cannot access any websites.
I don’t profess to be a networking expert, but I’ve years of experience dealing with basic router configs and connecting to hotspots in remote locations.
Pointers as to settings/actions I may have overlooked, appreciated.
EDIT:
As suggested by reply in thread at Captive Portal, VPN Speed on Slate - #25 by pseudonoise …
Solution: VPN->OpenVPN Client->Abort, then reboot the router
Reason: Router attempts to connect to VPN will prevent access to the captive portal. Preventing VPN connection attempts will therefore permit the captive portal to appear.
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This looks pretty good - hope mine will work this week at a Hilton Property…
Interesting - Current Firmware I am using is 3.025. I see the “Repeater Options” you mentioned. Mine just says “Auto scan and re-connect” with a Cancel/Submit button. There is no “Automatically Detect Captive Portal” option as you suggest… Hoping I can get this to work with a captive portal…
Interesting I was on 3.013, I’ve now updated to 3.025 which is a production release and the option has gone. I won’t be away for a while to try using it to see how it works for a while but hopefully works.
The new release did add it’s own captive portal so maybe somewhere in there it also detects them.
Hi,
Any news about this topic? I still have the same issue.
- If you are setup for an automatic OpenVPN connection, abort it.
- I’m not sure why, but some sites don’t trigger a captive portal. Pretty reliably cnn.com or bing.com will.
- Do the captive portal, then go back to the server webpage and reenable the OpenVPN connection.
Not sure about the DNS rebind; at the moment mine is off.
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