Apple Watch (watchOS 4.3) Wi-Fi with login page problem

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Apple Watch (watchOS 4.3) Wi-Fi with login page problem

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I noticed that after upgrading to watchOS 4.3, the Apple Watch doesn't connect to a Wi-Fi as it used to. It is well known that it cannot connect to a public Wi-Fi that has a login page, but with older versions of watchOS it was working if the iPhone was connected at the same Wi-Fi network, probably because they were on the same LAN. Has anyone noticed this same behavior? I don't know if that is due to a change in the college Wi-Fi network or to watchOS 4.3

Apple Watch, watchOS 4.3, null

Posted on Apr 23, 2018 1:57 AM

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niccolospa Author

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Apr 24, 2018 2:18 AM in response to niccolospa

Solved by following this steps from https://www.igeeksblog.com/apple-watch-does-not-connect-to-wi-fi/ :

Power off your Apple Watch.
Forget the 2.4GHZ and 5GHz Wi-Fi networks on your iPhone. Go to Settings app on iPhone → Wi-Fi → the current Wi-Fi network → Forget This Network.
Next up, you have to turn off Bluetooth on your iPhone. Go to Settings app on your iPhone → Bluetooth and turn it off.
Up next, connect to 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network and then turn on Bluetooth.
Turn on the Apple Watch by pressing and holding on the side button.

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Branta_uk

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Apr 23, 2018 3:41 AM in response to niccolospa

If the WiFi uses standard WPA type authentication the watch should be able to connect to a 2.4 GHz network, but be aware the watch does not support 5GHz networks. There are no relevant changes from 4.2 to 4.3. The only requirement is that the phone has connected to the WiFi at some time in the past so it has the authentication credentials cached.

Maybe the watch has lost the password. Try disconnecting the WiFi from the iPhone (tell the phone to “forget” the network, then reconnect). This should force the new credentials to be pushed to the watch.

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niccolospa Author

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Apr 24, 2018 1:30 AM in response to Branta_uk

Hi,

I tried forgetting the network from iPhone and reconnecting, but unfortunately it didn't work.

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Apple Watch (watchOS 4.3) Wi-Fi with login page problem

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