Hotel Wi-Fi networks with iPad

I was mainly responding to defective sargeant, because that was the exact issue i discovered and found that forgetting the network, was the sollution to that.But like I said dont know to much about the hotel issues. But thank you for explaining that. I do a lot of computer/network/smartdevice repairs. So I am pretty efficient at solving problems, and understanding technical issues. But really with all the various issues with these ipads, I think they are very overpriced for what they do. Like I said a ipad cant recognize a different network, just cause of the same name. I have a old optimus lg smartphone and it can tell the difference. I think these devices have a lot of issues!! And the only reason I am even using an ipad is because i got it for free.... Dont get me wrong apple has some great devices, i love the new iphone, its great. But the ipad..... mehhh.

I have tried everything you (and everyone else) suggested, but my iPad WILL not forget my hotel's wifi and allow me to input ID and password. Any other suggestions?

What version is your ipad? And give me the exact details of what is going on. Are you staying @ this hotel now or frequent there? And what happens when you try to connect, And can you connect @ another location with out any issues? Thanks.

Thanks! It's an iPad 2. I haven't tried to connect elsewhere since got to this hotel (we are in Calgary, canada, at hotel on university campus ). However it worked just fine at the airport befre we came. My phone works, my husbands phone AND iPad work. I have enabled safari cookies, enabled popups, instructed in settings to 'forget this network' (6 or 7 times), turned off all my apps and reopened, turned the iPad's power off three times. Despite this, every time I go back to wifi settings, it shows it is again connected to the hotels wifi --- and still will not offer me oppty to input ID and password, and safari still says"no Internet."

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Is your ask to join networks on or off?

I really appreciate your efforts, Berserker-82. However, at 5:10 p.m. this evening I was desperate to work on something bigger than my iPhone. I tried my ipad yet again--and <i> this </i> time it asked for the password. So it's been working and I've been working. I did nothing more to encourage it to work, but it did! Thank you, anyway!

After my iPad was INOP in my Comfort Suites hotel for 3 days I finally figured out my Internet connection problem.

My iPad worked for only the 1st 24 hours after initially setting up a wifi connection. After my time was up, something was blocking the ability to re-register with the hotel website to get me back on the Internet. I tried all of the tips and tricks listed in other posts and reset literally everything imaginable and still could never get an Internet connection even though wifi settings were showing a valid connection.

Here's where I think the problem lies: Hotels use a series of wifi range expanders and if your iPad gets hung on a range expander that wont let you re-register your wifi, then the fix is simply done by turning off your wifi and going to the hotel lobby or other hotspot within the hotel and then re-enable your wifi.

As soon as I did this, my Internet was restored and I was able to re-register with the hotel website and then went back to my room and everything worked again.

Some Hoteland other "free" WiFi services utilize web browser sign-on pages or terms-of-use agreement pages which must be gotten through to get internet access.

Try an old remedy, switch it off and on again.

Have you tried switching it off and on again? Old remedy for most problems.

I had the same problem at a Hilton hotel. Go to settings, WiFi, Click the circle with the i in it to go to the WiFi network you want to use and turn auto-login off. When I went to connect the login page came right up and all was good. Hope this helps.

I had this problem at a Holiday Inn Express. I found out that I had the problem after I got a message from my cell phone service carrier that I had used up 90% of my data! I had been watching videos on my iPhone thinking that I was using the hotel wifi but in fact my phone had dropped the hotel's wifi connection and had switched to my data without any message coming up. First thing I did then was go to the App for my provider and turned off the data allowance for my number, so that it would not be able to use my data and I would know if the connection had been dropped. The login screen had come up the very first time I connected to the hotel wifi, but after that I could not get it to come up, on my laptop or my iPhone 6. I turned off Auto-join and Auto-login on the iPhone and allowed for Pop-ups in the Safari settings, but I still did not get internet service. What did work was opening Safari and typing in 'Holiday Inn Express login'. The login screen came up, I logged in, and Voila! I was connected. Did the same on the laptop and it worked as well. Hope this helps!

Safari dose not open our wifi login page, as need to type manual ip address of hotspot. but in other browser or in android it do not required.

Thanks you in advance, i tried your above option but it dosent help me out.. i am still struggling..

Started having this issue with my iPad Pro and iPhone 7 plus.

I'm a network security engineer and travel for a living as I work for a consulting firm.

found this thread tried the suggested turn off block pop ups and other settings in Safari that got me thinking its not the browser and changing those wouldn't really do anything more than what a simple power cycle of the device would the problem was with the network settings at the os level not the safari application.

the fix is simple.

settings > general > reset > reset network settings

you'll have to to enter your password and the device will reboot.

You should be able to connect to hotel and any other wifi hotspot that requires authentication outside of the normal password methods ie: a pop up box that ask to confir your name and room number to verify you are a guest at the hotel.

might also add while I'm posting here in hopes someone at apple actually looks at this. Please add a browser to the **** Apple TV I'd like to stop carrying a router with me to use it in hotels or plugging a laptop up to the tv.