I have an M1 MacBook Pro running Tahoe. It will not open the splash page of for public wi-fi unless I restart my computer. It doesn’t matter if I reset the DNS renew the DCHP lease. The only thing that fixes it restarting my computer. I thought it was a software problem but has continued to happen since I updated to Tahoe.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.0
Are there any add-on VPN apps around? If so, remove all, restart, and check again.
Open a browser then type 1.1.1.1 in the address field.
This may force the splash/login page to open.
That’s usually something odd with the captive Wi-Fi login portal page, its DNS, or its related configuration.
The people managing the portal can need to allow DNS access and to exempt captive.apple.com access, for instance.
To trigger the Wi-Fi captive login, Apple usually tries to access: https://captive.apple.com/
Related info:
Captive networks aren’t enabled as auto-join for more than two weeks, too:
For those with control over Wi-Fi networks, captive or otherwise, Apple suggestions:
I tried that, and when I go to captive.apple.com it just says success but I am still not able to use the wi-fi. It will show that I am connected but since I haven't completed the captive it doesn't connect.
I tried that and it still doesn't work. The only thing that seems to fix it is resetting the device.
MacBook Pro won’t connect to public wifi
