just upgraded to Catalina. The captive WiFi login window doesn’t pop up so I can sign in to my account. So the WiFi is connected, but I’m not connected to the net because I can’t login. It’s a public WiFi for the base, but we have paid accounts for data.
I’ve cycled the power, turned WiFi off and on several times, renewed the lease...nothing works. BTW, my iPadOS and iPhone still connect just fine (that’s what I’m using now).
MacBook Air
I fixed this by creating a standard (NOT admin) user account. I switched to it, logged into the network, and then switched back. Now the admin account (my normal one) is working fine.
Hi,
login in as a non-admin user solved it for me. Thanks so much dropshot73
Cheers
This works, thanks. Do you know what setting that this changes?
The way the wifi works here I have to login several times a day, which means that I have to log out of my normal (admin) account, go over to the non-admin account, login to the data service, then go back to my admin account. Sad!
In any case, do you know how to report this for a permanent solution?
For me none of the solutions worked
Even Apple Customer Support, which I had a one hour long call with, couldn't help me.
Here you'll find some more resources and tips on this issue: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250743354?answerId=251417545022#251417545022
I have the same problem as the questioner. I already have a existing non-admin account, but that didn't work.
I will try creating a new non-admin account tomorrow and try again.
I wish I knew what setting it changed. FWIW, when I went back to the same network the following day, the standard account login workaround didn't work. Rather than create a new account (which I think would have worked), I booted in safe mode. After logging in in safe mode, I rebooted in regular mode. It worked for yesterday, anyway. I'll find out today if that permanently fixed the problem (doubt it), and if not, I'll try the safe mode workaround again.
As for reporting, macOS now has an app called "Feedback Assistant."
Thanks, tried this and it worked. Not sure if it’s a permanent fix as didn’t seem to last into the afternoon (captive failed to appear on my normal account in the afternoon).
will check again next week.
captive wifi login window does not appear on catalina
