My MacBook Pro won't allow me to use any unsecured wifi networks -- it does show that it's connected, and I can ping, but I can't browse or do anything else -- this is very bad and I see that lots of people have this problem -- apple?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.4
You need to be MUCH more skeptical about what you read, and where you read it. Online posts can be used to "Prove" anything, and also its complete opposite.
Mine works just fine on an un-encrypted network.
What are you pinging, exactly? a numeric IP address or a name? and which one?
Open a Browser window and enter:
1.1.1.1 in the address bar.
If you get the CloudFlare** splash page your internet connection is working. but your Domain Name Server (DNS) that looks up internet telephone numbers may not be working correctly.
**CloudFlare is NOT part of the solution, they just have the easiest-to-remember all-numeric IP address that reliably answers with a splash page.
You need to be MUCH more skeptical about what you read, and where you read it. Online posts can be used to "Prove" anything, and also its complete opposite.
Mine works just fine on an un-encrypted network.
What are you pinging, exactly? a numeric IP address or a name? and which one?
Open a Browser window and enter:
1.1.1.1 in the address bar.
If you get the CloudFlare** splash page your internet connection is working. but your Domain Name Server (DNS) that looks up internet telephone numbers may not be working correctly.
**CloudFlare is NOT part of the solution, they just have the easiest-to-remember all-numeric IP address that reliably answers with a splash page.
At a Hotel, you typically enter 1.1.1.1 in a Browser, and that Http request gets intercepted by the Hotel's login credentials page.
Once you satisfy their demand for login credentials, they allow your traffic (both DNS lookups and http web site requests) to pass without disruption.
if you can ping an address on the Open internet, your internet connection is working.
the easiest way to poison performance and cause instability is to add third-party virus scanners, speeder-uppers, optimizers, cleaners, app removers, and a VPN you installed yourself.
Most of those things do not run in safe mode. if you restart in safe mode, and you internet is working better, It's something you added.
This is un=-related to un-encrypted Wi-Fi connection. I have no encryption on my hame network, and all devices work just fine.
If you have installed any third-party anti-virus, speeder uppers, cache cleaners, disk cleaners, app deleters, or other such garbage, or a VPN you installed yourself, your wounds are self-inflicted.
if not, then take your MacBook Pro down to the business office and ask them to "make it go".
Hold down the Option key while you click on the Wi-Fi icon in the menubar. you will get a snapshot of current pear meters, like this older one. screenshot, photograph or transcribe the values you wee there.
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when I chose the unsecured network from my list of network choices, it "looks" connected as normal
when I ping 8.8.8.8 it works
when I ping 1.1.1.1 it works
when I try to load 1.1.1.1 in a browser it doesn't work
any other numerical ip address in a browser it doesn't work
thanks for your help
yes I can ping (eg 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8) but it's hard to say this connection is "working" as I can't browse or check email
browser (both safari and chrome) stalls and just sits there indefinitely, so not a perfomance issue, not looking for my connection to work better, hoping to get it to function at all
no third party anything in my stack
booting in safe mode doesn't change anything
thanks for your help
>>no third party anything in my stack
I did in fact go down to the front desk and ask them for help of any kind, with no luck
do you know of any better way to diagnose this? perhaps using something like Wireshark?
also my iPhone and iPad do work as normal, but not my m1 macbook
What insecure network? Yours? A neighbors? An airport or some other business?
Don't confuse DNS servers as networks.
the network at my hotel is unsecured (no password required)
I am able to ping my DNS server, but nothing else works
-thanks for your help
the hotel network is unsecured, there's no login credentials page
M1 MacBook pro won't work over unsecured wifi..
