WiFi "Login Screen" never allows connection to browser based Login

The community college where I work has a non-persistent wifi as well. When first connecting to the wifi network, you have to log in through a browser window, however for me, as soon as I am in settings and select the network, a few seconds later the browser opens on its own for me to log in. I have not encountered a network where I had to open the browser separately, so I cannot test anything else for you.

I had the same issues. I could connect to some WiFi networks but not others. Specifically, I could not conenct to my Apple AirPort Extreme at work. I reset the phone. Nothing. I reset the Airport. Nothing.

I finally got my iPhone5 (iOS6) to connect to the Airport by doing the following:

(1) I cleared the history and cookies in Safari (in Settings > Safari > Clear Cookies and Data);

(2) I cleared the DNS servers appearing in the WiFi settings and set it to Google's DNS (8.8.8.8) (in Settings > WiFi > "network name" > "blue arrow" > DNS - clear the DNS settings and type in 8.8.8.8)

Wonder if you could clarify " change the URL to whever your domain said"..which domain??

I'm sorry, I don't experience that as I stated in my post. I do not need to set a proxy, and when connecting to a wireless network, you are not connecting to Apple first, as you state in your post. I'm glad you got it to work.

Chris - the WiFi issue that many people are experiencing with iOS6 manifests itself when we atttempt to connect to any wireless network. Within a few seconds after selecting a network to join, we are re-directed to an Apple login screen. The Apple login screen is blank and we can never get a WiFi internet connection.

That is the issue I experienced.

For whatever quircky reason, for those of us with the issue, some of these workarounds allow us to connect to the internet.

I have never set a proxy to connect to the internet - but after setting the proxy to auto and after setting the DNS to Google, I was able to conenct without getting the Apple login screen.

Okay, I had not seen that behavior. Even after updating to iOS 6, the wifi that I use at the college where I work continued to work as it always had. Selecting it in settings would begin the connection and then the log in would start Safari for the log in credentials. Thank you for the information. Makes it easier to understand what others are experiencing.

One thought I have do you believe this Apple log in has to do with the possibility the security certificate is not recognized. We had that problem at the college once, since the security certificate was a self-certificate and it was not recognized in iOS.

I've found that the telephone side of things can get in the way. If I first switch to airplane mode, I can then sign in. After that, I can turn off airplane mode and the wi-fi can auto join. I hope this helps you.

Thank you JerseyMikes - I reset my network settings, nothing happened. I finally changed my iphone to auto and then typed in the google as the URL and Domain and it did the trick!

Hello! I've been having problems joining previously used

Wi-Fi networks that require a login page to access. It's a Fon hotspot network and as I connect the captive portal page pops up with the link: captive.apple.com but it doesn't redirect me to the login page. I've tried switching off Auto-login and opening Safari that says no connection.

The network provider had no useful comments nor advices.

What should I do? Is there some settings I need to check?

I've been struggling with this issue for days.. bare in mind it all worked fine a few days ago.

Any kind of advice or help is welcome.