{"id":17753,"date":"2019-10-05T10:14:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T14:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=17753"},"modified":"2019-10-05T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T14:14:15","slug":"problems-connecting-to-public-wifi-try-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/problems-connecting-to-public-wifi-try-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Problems Connecting to Public WiFi? Try This…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Problems Connecting to Public WiFi? Try This…<\/span><\/h1>\n

Have you ever been traveling and stopped into a restaurant or other place with free WiFi? You know the routine. You try to connect to the WiFi using a smartphone or laptop and your device looks like it’s connected, but when you try to visit a web site you get the dreaded \u201cYou\u2019re not connected\u201d error message.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frustrating!<\/span><\/p>\n

There are some technical reasons why this happens, but we are not going to delve into them here. Simply put, it\u2019s basically that all new browsers are secure, but many public WiFi networks and their authorization pages are not.<\/span><\/p>\n

To successfully connect to most public WiFi networks so you can browse the web, check email, watch a video, check Facebook, etc. \u00a0you usually must first accept the WiFi network\u2019s terms and conditions on their authorization page (known as a captive portal). \u00a0The only place where you can agree to the WiFi network\u2019s terms and conditions so you can connect to the Internet — is on that page.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s one for McDonald\u2019s:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

But if you cannot get the authorization page to come up, you cannot agree to terms and conditions, you will not be able to access the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been there and done this many times. It\u2019s frustrating. Usually, I clear my cache and mess around with rebooting and eventually I\u2019ll get the authorization page to appear, but not without a lot of trial and error… and frustration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good news. If you ever have this problem, we\u2019ve found a way to get the authorization page to appear so you can agree to the terms and conditions and connect to the Internet. \u00a0You can force your connection to redirect by using a site that doesn\u2019t use any security protocols\u2014 an unsecured, unencrypted connection. \u00a0That\u2019s what http:\/\/neverssl.com\/<\/a>\u00a0provides.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

So the time you can\u2019t get a public’s WiFi authorization page to come up so you can agree to the terms and conditions and connect to the Internet — just open up a new browser window and type<\/span><\/p>\n

neverssl.com<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

and press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s all there is to it. After you enter that you should be automatically be redirected to the authorization page so you can accept the terms and conditions and connect to the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

We hope this helps you next time you can\u2019t get a public WiFi\u2019s authorization page to appear.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Problems Connecting to Public WiFi? Try This… Have you ever been traveling and stopped into a restaurant or other place with free WiFi? You know the routine. You try to connect to the WiFi using a smartphone or laptop and your device looks like it’s connected, but when you try to visit a web site you get the\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1433,2145],"tags":[3516,3518,1748,3517,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17754,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753\/revisions\/17754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}