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MFedderke Author

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MacOS will not open Captive Portal window on public Wi-Fi

On MacOS Catalina 10.15.1, the captive portal login window does not open automatically after connecting to a public Wi-Fi network, preventing usage of the internet connection. This appears to be an ongoing bug on multiple different networks I have tried.

Until this is fixed, I have discovered a workaround: after the wi-fi network is connected, you can launch the captive portal login window manually. Navigate to

/System/Library/CoreServices

and double-click / launch the app called

Captive Network Assistant.app

This should bring up the captive portal.

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 1, 2019 4:02 PM

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Dec 1, 2019 8:05 PM in response to MFedderke

Thanks for identifying a problem and your solution for it. I'm sure it will help others having the same issue you did.

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MFedderke Author

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Dec 1, 2019 10:05 PM in response to MFedderke

See also: https://poweruser.blog/macos-catalina-wifi-issue-captive-portal-broken-45610cc016b5

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Dec 6, 2019 6:51 AM in response to MFedderke

Thanks!!! this helped me so much!

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MacOS will not open Captive Portal window on public Wi-Fi

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