Nice. It sounds like you were on a site with a very simple captive portal system. I'm guessing you didn't use a mobile device to connect beforehand. Cruise ships may be a different story:
For GL.iNet… I’m sure you guys see the huge issue of Cruise Ships (esp. MSC) figuring out how to block Travel Routers.
At least over the last few months there are tons of post online regarding this major issue.
People have tried everything in terms of a networking solution and it doesn’t work.
I think the manufacturers have to figure this out.
Since one of the major use case for these products is the ability to use them at hotel and cruise ships to avoid this exact issue, it is in their best…
I was in several groups that recommended this travel router for cruises, and I wanted to know if there are any other options I should consider because, despite having intermediate/advanced knowledge, I haven't been able to get it to work. It also seems that in the last 4-5 months, no one has reported being able to make it work, so perhaps it’s no longer useful for this purpose...
The first thing I did was disable MAC randomization on the iPhone, turn off auto-join, and not hide the IP. That is,…
I am trying to use my travel router on an MSC Cruise. It is the GLinet opal. I connect my phone to the ship hotspot. Then I use a browser to login to my paid account. Then I check the settings on the connection and find that the ship has assigned my device a random MAC, or that is what i think has happened. Then I use the MAC Clone feature using the assigned MAC. I also tried this with mu phone’s actual MAC. When i connect router to the MSC hotspot, it is still not connected to the Internet…
... etc.