When using a MacBook Pro Sonoma or any earlier versions like high sierra, the login page for the public network connection like a hotel or Starbucks or and captive login will not load for you to be able to login.
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So, I found a solution for this problem. Worked for me at least.
Go to Terminal and run the address resolution protocol after connecting to the public WiFi.
% arp -a
You'll get a list of IPs on the network. Try putting those in the Safari address bar, preferably one with smaller numbers in the third and/or fourth field.
The first one worked for me in my case, have tried this at two airports (SJC & DFW) and worked both times.
? (10.46.0.1) at c4:b2:39:5b:18:8d on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (10.46.13.91) at 8:66:98:e7:d6:54 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (10.46.13.119) at 68:fc:ca:cc:e3:d2 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (10.46.14.147) at 98:59:7a:86:7a:9a on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (10.46.18.163) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (10.46.25.26) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (10.46.26.227) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
Some other awnsers suggested to put 1.1.1.1 in address bar and that's not always working because the IP of the login webpage might be different and proper redirects aren't set up for the network.
Hope this helps. Cheers!
I’m back at CLT; same problem.
IP address 10.4.48.77
Router: 10.4.63.254
configure IPv4 Using DHCP: Confirmed Yes
Subnet mask: 255.255.240.0
Everything else is the same.
I have a layover for another 13 minutes.
Thanks for any ideas -
Misty
Good points, but it should do something with 1.1.1.1 rather than ignoring it!
and since it require no DNS lookup, we expect either the CloudFlare splash page (if previously approved) or the airport to insert its login credentials page to demand credentials.
Well, to be fair, many modern routers have the ability to have DNS servers programmed into the router so that the choice of ISP default or public DNS can be applied at the network level. In those cases the router is running bind or a similar service and knows how to keep a DNS cache.
But that’s a different use case than public Wifi, of course, where one is not the network owner and in control of the configuration.
Thank you so much! I’m brand new to Mac and I’m thrilled to finally having a solution that works! Incase anyone is wondering, I have a 2024 MacBook Air Sonoma 14.4.1
When I tried that it wouldn't allow me to remove them, it clicked and nothing happened.
I’ve tried so many solutions, and this is the only one that finally worked for me! Thank you!
Nothing if this works for me(
I'll give that a try next time I'm there.
I appreciate any other ideas.
I’m at this airport and having the exact same trouble today.
There is a similar question posted but the answers don’t work and I figured out the answer. If you’re not receiving the captive login page for public networks here is the solution.
On top of that, if you're finding that the captive portal page does not come up, you can try to browse to HTTP (not HTTPS) sites that will redirect, for example http://example.com/ which should redirect to your captive portal login.
open a browser window and type:
1.1.1.1
in the address bar, and press return.
in most situations like this, using an ALL NUMERIC IP address will be intercepted, and you will get your login page.
in a few rare situations, you may get the CloudFlare** splash page instead.
**CloudFlare is NOT part of the solution, they just have the easiest to remember all-numeric IP address.
The reason attempts at web pages may not work in this situation is that what goes out first is a DNS server request (look up this website to an Internet Phone number), which is blocked because you have not logged on yet, so your actual web page request goes nowhere because your Mac can't determine where to send it. Supplying an All numeric IP address Does go out, because it needs no DNS lookup. That gets intercepted and you get your local login page.
do you have
settings/references > network > Wi-Fi > (advanced) > TCP/IP :
configure IPv4: Using DHCP ???
if so, what is Subnet mask?
the numbers you posted are VERY far apart:
typical subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 would NOT allow you to connect, because those IP addresses are not on the same subnet.
OOH, that's interesting!
I have another one to try:
once you get an IP address, put the supplied ROUTER's numeric IP address is the address bar.
ytsim wrote:
I’m back at CLT; same problem.
IP address 10.4.48.77
Router: 10.4.63.254
so enter:
that Router IP address is shown on
Settings/preferences > Network > Wi-Fi > (advanced) > TCP/IP
...
Hi everyone,
I have been having this annoying issue with a hotel internet and the only solution was to constantly restart my MacBook. I tried one final solution and this seems to have worked for me. Go to the settings of the wifi to which you are trying to connect. It should show "connected" but the captive.apple.com does not load for you to input the username and password. Under TCP/IP, there is a tab that says DHCP Lease, and to the right of it, there is an option that says "Renew DHCP Lease." When I click on it, and try to connect the wifi again, the captive.apple.com reloads without any issues and connects. Hope this works for you too.
MacBook Pro does not load captive login page on public Wifi sites
